#2E8A98#2E8A98

#2E8A98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.086 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A98
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -21.92, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 26.74, 214.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0753 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.086 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8803, 21.0230, 32.9206)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A98 #983C2E

analogous

#2E9871 #2E8A98 #2E5598

triadic

#2E8A98 #982E8A #8A982E

tetradic

#2E8A98 #712E98 #983C2E #55982E

square

#2E8A98 #712E98 #983C2E #55982E

split-complementary

#2E8A98 #982E55 #98712E

monochromatic

#12353A #205F69 #2E8A98 #3EB3C5 #6DC6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#2E8A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#2E8A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A98

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A98	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	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)

#7E8599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.086 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acb6',
    500: '#2e8a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a98;
$custom-light: #76acb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.925,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58609,
    "c": 0.08648,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A98

secondary

#BA7368

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A98

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

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