#2E8D8F#2E8D8F

#2E8D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.086 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8D8F
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -26.26, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 27.80, 199.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0825 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.086 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6073, 21.6120, 29.3303)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8D8F #8F302E

analogous

#2E8F61 #2E8D8F #2E5D8F

triadic

#2E8D8F #8F2E8D #8D8F2E

tetradic

#2E8D8F #612E8F #8F302E #5D8F2E

square

#2E8D8F #612E8F #8F302E #5D8F2E

split-complementary

#2E8D8F #8F2E5D #8F612E

monochromatic

#103232 #1F5F61 #2E8D8F #3DBBBD #69CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2E8D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2E8D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8D8F

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8D8F	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.086 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeaf',
    500: '#2e8d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8d8f;
$custom-light: #75aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.237,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59022,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8D8F

secondary

#B66563

accent

#504DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8D8F

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

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