#2E8A96#2E8A96

#2E8A96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.086 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A96
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, -22.55, -14.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 26.68, 212.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0762 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.086 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7179, 20.9580, 32.0652)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A96 #963A2E

analogous

#2E966E #2E8A96 #2E5696

triadic

#2E8A96 #962E8A #8A962E

tetradic

#2E8A96 #6E2E96 #963A2E #56962E

square

#2E8A96 #6E2E96 #963A2E #56962E

split-complementary

#2E8A96 #962E56 #966E2E

monochromatic

#113438 #205F67 #2E8A96 #3EB4C4 #6CC6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#2E8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#2E8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A96

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A96	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.086 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acb4',
    500: '#2e8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a96;
$custom-light: #75acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58528,
    "c": 0.08584,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A96

secondary

#B97067

accent

#5C4BDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A96

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