#2E8E8A#2E8E8A

#2E8E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.087 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E8A
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -28.25, -6.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 28.88, 192.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0859 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.088 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3851, 21.7601, 27.4291)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E8A #8E2E32

analogous

#2E8E5A #2E8E8A #2E628E

triadic

#2E8E8A #8A2E8E #8E8A2E

tetradic

#2E8E8A #5A2E8E #8E2E32 #628E2E

square

#2E8E8A #5A2E8E #8E2E32 #628E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E8A #8E2E62 #8E5A2E

monochromatic

#103230 #1F605D #2E8E8A #3DBCB7 #68CECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#2E8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#2E8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E8A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E8A	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.087 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afac',
    500: '#2e8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e8a;
$custom-light: #75afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59098,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E8A

secondary

#B56366

accent

#4D53DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E8A

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

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