#2E8B8D#2E8B8D

#2E8B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.085 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B8D
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -25.85, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 27.39, 199.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.0812 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.085 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1649, 20.9675, 28.4420)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B8D #8D302E

analogous

#2E8D60 #2E8B8D #2E5C8D

triadic

#2E8B8D #8D2E8B #8B8D2E

tetradic

#2E8B8D #602E8D #8D302E #5C8D2E

square

#2E8B8D #602E8D #8D302E #5C8D2E

split-complementary

#2E8B8D #8D2E5C #8D602E

monochromatic

#103031 #1F5E5F #2E8B8D #3DB8BB #68CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#2E8B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#2E8B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B8D

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B8D	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.085 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adae',
    500: '#2e8b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b8d;
$custom-light: #75adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.263,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58435,
    "c": 0.08502,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B8D

secondary

#B56462

accent

#504EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B8D

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

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