#2E8A97#2E8A97

#2E8A97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.086 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A97
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -22.24, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 26.70, 213.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0757 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.086 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7987, 20.9904, 32.4911)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A97 #973B2E

analogous

#2E976F #2E8A97 #2E5597

triadic

#2E8A97 #972E8A #8A972E

tetradic

#2E8A97 #6F2E97 #973B2E #55972E

square

#2E8A97 #6F2E97 #973B2E #55972E

split-complementary

#2E8A97 #972E55 #976F2E

monochromatic

#113439 #205F68 #2E8A97 #3EB4C4 #6DC6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#2E8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#2E8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A97

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A97	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.086 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acb5',
    500: '#2e8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a97;
$custom-light: #75acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.429,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58568,
    "c": 0.08615,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A97

secondary

#BA7167

accent

#5D4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A97

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

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