#2E8E80#2E8E80

#2E8E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E80
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(171, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -31.11, -0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 31.12, 181.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0906 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.091 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6942, 21.4837, 23.7903)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E80 #8E2E3C

analogous

#2E8E50 #2E8E80 #2E6C8E

triadic

#2E8E80 #802E8E #8E802E

tetradic

#2E8E80 #502E8E #8E2E3C #6C8E2E

square

#2E8E80 #502E8E #8E2E3C #6C8E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E80 #8E2E6C #8E502E

monochromatic

#10322D #1F6056 #2E8E80 #3DBCAA #68CEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2E8E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2E8E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E80

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E80	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)

#88867F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afa4',
    500: '#2e8e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e80;
$custom-light: #74afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.25,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58759,
    "c": 0.09064,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E80

secondary

#B5636F

accent

#4D62DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E80

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

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