#2E8C8D#2E8C8D

#2E8C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.086 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8C8D
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -26.36, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 27.71, 197.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0823 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.086 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3104, 21.2584, 28.4905)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8C8D #8D2F2E

analogous

#2E8D5F #2E8C8D #2E5D8D

triadic

#2E8C8D #8D2E8C #8C8D2E

tetradic

#2E8C8D #5F2E8D #8D2F2E #5D8D2E

square

#2E8C8D #5F2E8D #8D2F2E #5D8D2E

split-complementary

#2E8C8D #8D2E5D #8D5F2E

monochromatic

#103031 #1F5E5F #2E8C8D #3DBABB #68CDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2E8C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2E8C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8C8D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8C8D	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.086 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeae',
    500: '#2e8c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8c8d;
$custom-light: #75aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.632,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58692,
    "c": 0.08568,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8C8D

secondary

#B56362

accent

#4F4EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8C8D

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

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