#2E8E87#2E8E87

#2E8E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.088 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E87
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -29.12, -4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 29.45, 188.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0873 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.088 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1709, 21.6744, 26.3010)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E87 #8E2E35

analogous

#2E8E57 #2E8E87 #2E658E

triadic

#2E8E87 #872E8E #8E872E

tetradic

#2E8E87 #572E8E #8E2E35 #658E2E

square

#2E8E87 #572E8E #8E2E35 #658E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E87 #8E2E65 #8E572E

monochromatic

#10322F #1F605B #2E8E87 #3DBCB3 #68CEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#2E8E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2E8E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E87

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E87	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.088 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afa9',
    500: '#2e8e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e87;
$custom-light: #74afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.625,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58994,
    "c": 0.08815,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E87

secondary

#B56369

accent

#4D58DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E87

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

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