#2E8A8C#2E8A8C

#2E8A8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.084 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A8C
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 140)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -25.65, -8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 27.18, 199.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0806 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.084 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9467, 20.6496, 28.0039)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A8C #8C302E

analogous

#2E8C5F #2E8A8C #2E5B8C

triadic

#2E8A8C #8C2E8A #8A8C2E

tetradic

#2E8A8C #5F2E8C #8C302E #5B8C2E

square

#2E8A8C #5F2E8C #8C302E #5B8C2E

split-complementary

#2E8A8C #8C2E5B #8C5F2E

monochromatic

#102F30 #1F5D5E #2E8A8C #3DB7BA #67CBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#2E8A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#2E8A8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A8C

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A8C	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.084 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acad',
    500: '#2e8a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a8c;
$custom-light: #74acad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58141,
    "c": 0.08437,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A8C

secondary

#B46462

accent

#514EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A8C

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

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