#2E8E79#2E8E79

#2E8E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.094 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E79
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(167, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(167, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -33.02, 3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 33.16, 174.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.094 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.094 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2492, 21.3057, 21.4469)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E79 #8E2E43

analogous

#2E8E49 #2E8E79 #2E738E

triadic

#2E8E79 #792E8E #8E792E

tetradic

#2E8E79 #492E8E #8E2E43 #738E2E

square

#2E8E79 #492E8E #8E2E43 #738E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E79 #8E2E73 #8E492E

monochromatic

#10322A #1F6052 #2E8E79 #3DBCA0 #68CEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#2E8E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#2E8E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E79

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E79	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)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.094 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73af9f',
    500: '#2e8e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e79;
$custom-light: #73af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58538,
    "c": 0.09432,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E79

secondary

#B56375

accent

#4D6CDB

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E79

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

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