#2E8A99#2E8A99

#2E8A99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.087 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A99
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -21.60, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 26.78, 216.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0749 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.087 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9625, 21.0559, 33.3537)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A99 #993D2E

analogous

#2E9973 #2E8A99 #2E5599

triadic

#2E8A99 #992E8A #8A992E

tetradic

#2E8A99 #732E99 #993D2E #55992E

square

#2E8A99 #732E99 #993D2E #55992E

split-complementary

#2E8A99 #992E55 #99732E

monochromatic

#12353B #20606A #2E8A99 #3FB2C5 #6EC5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#2E8A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#2E8A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A99

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A99	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.087 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acb7',
    500: '#2e8a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a99;
$custom-light: #76acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.411,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5865,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A99

secondary

#BB7468

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A99

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

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