#2E8D8B#2E8D8B

#2E8D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.087 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8D8B
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -27.46, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 28.34, 194.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0843 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.087 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.3097, 21.4930, 27.7628)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8D8B #8D2E30

analogous

#2E8D5C #2E8D8B #2E608D

triadic

#2E8D8B #8B2E8D #8D8B2E

tetradic

#2E8D8B #5C2E8D #8D2E30 #608D2E

square

#2E8D8B #5C2E8D #8D2E30 #608D2E

split-complementary

#2E8D8B #8D2E60 #8D5C2E

monochromatic

#103130 #1F5F5E #2E8D8B #3DBBB8 #68CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2E8D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2E8D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8D8B

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8D8B	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.087 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afac',
    500: '#2e8d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8d8b;
$custom-light: #75afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.737,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58876,
    "c": 0.08655,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8D8B

secondary

#B56264

accent

#4E50DA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8D8B

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

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