#2E8C8A#2E8C8A

#2E8C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.086 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8C8A
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -27.26, -6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 28.13, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0837 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.086 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.0902, 21.1703, 27.3308)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8C8A #8C2E30

analogous

#2E8C5B #2E8C8A #2E5F8C

triadic

#2E8C8A #8A2E8C #8C8A2E

tetradic

#2E8C8A #5B2E8C #8C2E30 #5F8C2E

square

#2E8C8A #5B2E8C #8C2E30 #5F8C2E

split-complementary

#2E8C8A #8C2E5F #8C5B2E

monochromatic

#10302F #1F5E5D #2E8C8A #3DBAB7 #67CDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2E8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2E8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8C8A

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8C8A	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.086 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeac',
    500: '#2e8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8c8a;
$custom-light: #74aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.723,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58582,
    "c": 0.08591,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8C8A

secondary

#B46264

accent

#4E51DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8C8A

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

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