#2E8E81#2E8E81

#2E8E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E81
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 129)
HSL	hsl(172, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -30.83, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 30.85, 182.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0901 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.09 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7603, 21.5102, 24.1386)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E81 #8E2E3B

analogous

#2E8E51 #2E8E81 #2E6B8E

triadic

#2E8E81 #812E8E #8E812E

tetradic

#2E8E81 #512E8E #8E2E3B #6B8E2E

square

#2E8E81 #512E8E #8E2E3B #6B8E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E81 #8E2E6B #8E512E

monochromatic

#10322D #1F6057 #2E8E81 #3DBCAB #68CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2E8E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2E8E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E81

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E81	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)

#878681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afa5',
    500: '#2e8e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e81;
$custom-light: #74afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58792,
    "c": 0.09021,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E81

secondary

#B5636E

accent

#4D60DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E81

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

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