#2E8B80#2E8B80

#2E8B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.088 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B80
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -29.67, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 29.74, 184.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0873 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.088 184)
XYZ	xyz(14.2538, 20.6030, 23.6435)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B80 #8B2E39

analogous

#2E8B52 #2E8B80 #2E688B

triadic

#2E8B80 #802E8B #8B802E

tetradic

#2E8B80 #522E8B #8B2E39 #688B2E

square

#2E8B80 #522E8B #8B2E39 #688B2E

split-complementary

#2E8B80 #8B2E68 #8B522E

monochromatic

#102F2B #1F5D56 #2E8B80 #3DB9AA #67CDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#2E8B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#2E8B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B80

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B80	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.088 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ada4',
    500: '#2e8b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b80;
$custom-light: #73ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.903,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57976,
    "c": 0.08753,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.20605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B80

secondary

#B3616B

accent

#4E5FDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B80

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

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