#2E8B79#2E8B79

#2E8B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.091 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B79
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, -31.61, 1.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 31.65, 176.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0907 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.091 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8089, 20.4250, 21.3001)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B79 #8B2E40

analogous

#2E8B4B #2E8B79 #2E6F8B

triadic

#2E8B79 #792E8B #8B792E

tetradic

#2E8B79 #4B2E8B #8B2E40 #6F8B2E

square

#2E8B79 #4B2E8B #8B2E40 #6F8B2E

split-complementary

#2E8B79 #8B2E6F #8B4B2E

monochromatic

#102F29 #1F5D51 #2E8B79 #3DB9A1 #67CDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#2E8B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#2E8B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B79

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B79	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.091 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ad9f',
    500: '#2e8b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b79;
$custom-light: #73ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.387,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57749,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B79

secondary

#B36171

accent

#4E69DA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B79

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

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