#2E8B89#2E8B89

#2E8B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.085 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B89
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -27.05, -6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 27.92, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.0831 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.085 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.8727, 20.8506, 26.9028)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B89 #8B2E30

analogous

#2E8B5B #2E8B89 #2E5F8B

triadic

#2E8B89 #892E8B #8B892E

tetradic

#2E8B89 #5B2E8B #8B2E30 #5F8B2E

square

#2E8B89 #5B2E8B #8B2E30 #5F8B2E

split-complementary

#2E8B89 #8B2E5F #8B5B2E

monochromatic

#102F2E #1F5D5C #2E8B89 #3DB9B6 #67CDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2E8B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#2E8B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B89

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B89	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.085 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adab',
    500: '#2e8b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b89;
$custom-light: #74adab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.71,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58288,
    "c": 0.08527,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B89

secondary

#B36163

accent

#4E51DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B89

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

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