#2E8B95#2E8B95

#2E8B95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.086 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B95
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 149)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -23.39, -13.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 26.88, 209.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0777 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.086 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7818, 21.2142, 31.6910)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B95 #95382E

analogous

#2E956B #2E8B95 #2E5795

triadic

#2E8B95 #952E8B #8B952E

tetradic

#2E8B95 #6B2E95 #95382E #57952E

square

#2E8B95 #6B2E95 #95382E #57952E

split-complementary

#2E8B95 #952E57 #956B2E

monochromatic

#113437 #205F66 #2E8B95 #3DB6C3 #6CC8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2E8B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#2E8B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B95

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B95	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.086 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adb4',
    500: '#2e8b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b95;
$custom-light: #75adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.825,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58742,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B95

secondary

#B96E66

accent

#5A4CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B95

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

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