#2E8E8D#2E8E8D

#2E8E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.087 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E8D
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, -27.36, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 28.40, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0845 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.087 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.6053, 21.8482, 28.5888)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E8D #8E2E2F

analogous

#2E8E5D #2E8E8D #2E5F8E

triadic

#2E8E8D #8D2E8E #8E8D2E

tetradic

#2E8E8D #5D2E8E #8E2E2F #5F8E2E

square

#2E8E8D #5D2E8E #8E2E2F #5F8E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E8D #8E2E5F #8E5D2E

monochromatic

#103231 #1F605F #2E8E8D #3DBCBB #68CECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#2E8E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#2E8E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E8D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E8D	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.087 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afae',
    500: '#2e8e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e8d;
$custom-light: #75afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.375,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59206,
    "c": 0.08709,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E8D

secondary

#B56364

accent

#4D4FDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E8D

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

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