#2E8F79#2E8F79

#2E8F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8F79
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(166, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.60, -33.48, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.60, 33.67, 173.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0951 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.096 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3987, 21.6046, 21.4967)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8F79 #8F2E44

analogous

#2E8F49 #2E8F79 #2E758F

triadic

#2E8F79 #792E8F #8F792E

tetradic

#2E8F79 #492E8F #8F2E44 #758F2E

square

#2E8F79 #492E8F #8F2E44 #758F2E

split-complementary

#2E8F79 #8F2E75 #8F492E

monochromatic

#10322B #1F6152 #2E8F79 #3DBDA0 #69CFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2E8F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#2E8F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8F79

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8F79	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b09f',
    500: '#2e8f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8f79;
$custom-light: #74b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.392,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58801,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8F79

secondary

#B66376

accent

#4D6DDB

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8F79

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

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