#2E8C8F#2E8C8F

#2E8C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.086 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8C8F
RGB	rgb(46, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -25.75, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 27.49, 200.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0814 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.086 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4605, 21.3184, 29.2813)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8C8F #8F312E

analogous

#2E8F62 #2E8C8F #2E5B8F

triadic

#2E8C8F #8F2E8C #8C8F2E

tetradic

#2E8C8F #622E8F #8F312E #5B8F2E

square

#2E8C8F #622E8F #8F312E #5B8F2E

split-complementary

#2E8C8F #8F2E5B #8F622E

monochromatic

#103132 #1F5F61 #2E8C8F #3DB9BD #69CCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2E8C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2E8C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8C8F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8C8F	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.086 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeaf',
    500: '#2e8c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8c8f;
$custom-light: #75aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.856,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58766,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8C8F

secondary

#B66663

accent

#514DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8C8F

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

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