#2E9588#2E9588

#2E9588 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.094 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9588
RGB	rgb(46, 149, 136)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0%, 8.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -32.20, -1.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 32.24, 182.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.84% -0.0943 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(60.84% 0.094 183)
XYZ	xyz(16.3160, 23.8515, 27.0317)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9588 #952E3B

analogous

#2E9554 #2E9588 #2E6E95

triadic

#2E9588 #882E95 #95882E

tetradic

#2E9588 #542E95 #952E3B #6E952E

square

#2E9588 #542E95 #952E3B #6E952E

split-complementary

#2E9588 #952E6E #95542E

monochromatic

#113733 #20665D #2E9588 #3DC3B2 #6CD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#2E9588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#2E9588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9588

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9588	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 149, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.094 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4aa',
    500: '#2e9588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9588;
$custom-light: #75b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.427,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6084,
    "c": 0.09448,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.23853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9588

secondary

#B96671

accent

#4C5EDC

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9588

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

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