#2E8E88#2E8E88

#2E8E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.088 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E88
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(176, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(176, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -28.83, -4.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 29.25, 189.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0868 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.088 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2416, 21.7027, 26.6736)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E88 #8E2E34

analogous

#2E8E58 #2E8E88 #2E648E

triadic

#2E8E88 #882E8E #8E882E

tetradic

#2E8E88 #582E8E #8E2E34 #648E2E

square

#2E8E88 #582E8E #8E2E34 #648E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E88 #8E2E64 #8E582E

monochromatic

#10322F #1F605C #2E8E88 #3DBCB4 #68CEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2E8E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#2E8E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E88

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E88	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	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)

#868688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.088 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afaa',
    500: '#2e8e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e88;
$custom-light: #74afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59028,
    "c": 0.0879,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E88

secondary

#B56368

accent

#4D56DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E88

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

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