#2E8D8A#2E8D8A

#2E8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.087 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8D8A
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -27.75, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 28.50, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0848 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.087 192)
XYZ	xyz(15.2370, 21.4639, 27.3797)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8D8A #8D2E31

analogous

#2E8D5B #2E8D8A #2E618D

triadic

#2E8D8A #8A2E8D #8D8A2E

tetradic

#2E8D8A #5B2E8D #8D2E31 #618D2E

square

#2E8D8A #5B2E8D #8D2E31 #618D2E

split-complementary

#2E8D8A #8D2E61 #8D5B2E

monochromatic

#103130 #1F5F5D #2E8D8A #3DBBB7 #68CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2E8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2E8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8D8A

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8D8A	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.087 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afac',
    500: '#2e8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8d8a;
$custom-light: #75afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.105,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5884,
    "c": 0.08669,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8D8A

secondary

#B56265

accent

#4E52DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8D8A

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

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