#2E8F8A#2E8F8A

#2E8F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.088 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8F8A
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -28.74, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 29.27, 190.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0869 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.088 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5345, 22.0590, 27.4789)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8F8A #8F2E33

analogous

#2E8F5A #2E8F8A #2E648F

triadic

#2E8F8A #8A2E8F #8F8A2E

tetradic

#2E8F8A #5A2E8F #8F2E33 #648F2E

square

#2E8F8A #5A2E8F #8F2E33 #648F2E

split-complementary

#2E8F8A #8F2E64 #8F5A2E

monochromatic

#103231 #1F615D #2E8F8A #3DBDB7 #69CFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2E8F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2E8F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8F8A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8F8A	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.088 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b0ac',
    500: '#2e8f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8f8a;
$custom-light: #75b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.907,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59357,
    "c": 0.08832,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8F8A

secondary

#B66367

accent

#4D54DB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8F8A

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

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