#2E8B8A#2E8B8A

#2E8B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.085 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B8A
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -26.76, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 27.77, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0826 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.085 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.9447, 20.8794, 27.2823)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B8A #8B2E2F

analogous

#2E8B5C #2E8B8A #2E5E8B

triadic

#2E8B8A #8A2E8B #8B8A2E

tetradic

#2E8B8A #5C2E8B #8B2E2F #5E8B2E

square

#2E8B8A #5C2E8B #8B2E2F #5E8B2E

split-complementary

#2E8B8A #8B2E5E #8B5C2E

monochromatic

#102F2F #1F5D5C #2E8B8A #3DB9B8 #67CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#2E8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#2E8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B8A

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B8A	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.085 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adac',
    500: '#2e8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b8a;
$custom-light: #74adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.355,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58325,
    "c": 0.08515,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B8A

secondary

#B36162

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B8A

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

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