#2E8B8F#2E8B8F

#2E8B8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.085 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B8F
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -25.25, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 27.19, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.0803 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.085 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3151, 21.0275, 29.2329)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B8F #8F322E

analogous

#2E8F63 #2E8B8F #2E5B8F

triadic

#2E8B8F #8F2E8B #8B8F2E

tetradic

#2E8B8F #632E8F #8F322E #5B8F2E

square

#2E8B8F #632E8F #8F322E #5B8F2E

split-complementary

#2E8B8F #8F2E5B #8F632E

monochromatic

#103132 #1F5E61 #2E8B8F #3DB8BD #69CACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#2E8B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#2E8B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B8F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B8F	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.085 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adaf',
    500: '#2e8b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b8f;
$custom-light: #75adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.474,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5851,
    "c": 0.08507,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B8F

secondary

#B66763

accent

#534DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B8F

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

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