#2E8A8A#2E8A8A

#2E8A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.084 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A8A
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -26.26, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 27.42, 196.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0815 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.084 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8006, 20.5911, 27.2343)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A8A #8A2E2E

analogous

#2E8A5C #2E8A8A #2E5C8A

triadic

#2E8A8A #8A2E8A #8A8A2E

tetradic

#2E8A8A #5C2E8A #8A2E2E #5C8A2E

square

#2E8A8A #5C2E8A #8A2E2E #5C8A2E

split-complementary

#2E8A8A #8A2E5C #8A5C2E

monochromatic

#0F2E2E #1F5C5C #2E8A8A #3DB8B8 #66CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#2E8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#2E8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A8A

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A8A	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.084 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acac',
    500: '#2e8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a8a;
$custom-light: #74acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58067,
    "c": 0.08444,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A8A

secondary

#B36161

accent

#4E4EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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