#2E8A8F#2E8A8F

#2E8A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.084 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A8F
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -24.74, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 26.90, 203.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0792 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.084 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1709, 20.7393, 29.1848)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A8F #8F332E

analogous

#2E8F64 #2E8A8F #2E5A8F

triadic

#2E8A8F #8F2E8A #8A8F2E

tetradic

#2E8A8F #642E8F #8F332E #5A8F2E

square

#2E8A8F #642E8F #8F332E #5A8F2E

split-complementary

#2E8A8F #8F2E5A #8F642E

monochromatic

#103132 #1F5D61 #2E8A8F #3DB7BD #69C9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2E8A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#2E8A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A8F

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A8F	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.084 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acaf',
    500: '#2e8a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a8f;
$custom-light: #75acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.093,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58254,
    "c": 0.08449,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A8F

secondary

#B66763

accent

#544DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A8F

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

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