#2E8A8E#2E8A8E

#2E8A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.084 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A8E
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, -25.04, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 26.98, 201.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0797 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.084 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0955, 20.7091, 28.7876)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A8E #8E322E

analogous

#2E8E62 #2E8A8E #2E5A8E

triadic

#2E8A8E #8E2E8A #8A8E2E

tetradic

#2E8A8E #622E8E #8E322E #5A8E2E

square

#2E8A8E #622E8E #8E322E #5A8E2E

split-complementary

#2E8A8E #8E2E5A #8E622E

monochromatic

#103032 #1F5D60 #2E8A8E #3DB7BC #68CACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2E8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#2E8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A8E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A8E	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.084 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acaf',
    500: '#2e8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a8e;
$custom-light: #75acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58216,
    "c": 0.08442,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A8E

secondary

#B56663

accent

#534DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A8E

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

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