#2E8E89#2E8E89

#2E8E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.088 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E89
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -28.54, -5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 29.06, 190.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0863 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.088 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3130, 21.7313, 27.0496)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E89 #8E2E33

analogous

#2E8E59 #2E8E89 #2E638E

triadic

#2E8E89 #892E8E #8E892E

tetradic

#2E8E89 #592E8E #8E2E33 #638E2E

square

#2E8E89 #592E8E #8E2E33 #638E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E89 #8E2E63 #8E592E

monochromatic

#103230 #1F605C #2E8E89 #3DBCB6 #68CEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#2E8E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2E8E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E89

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E89	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.088 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afab',
    500: '#2e8e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e89;
$custom-light: #75afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59063,
    "c": 0.08769,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E89

secondary

#B56367

accent

#4D55DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E89

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

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