#2D8596#2D8596

#2D8596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.085 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8596
RGB	rgb(45, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, -20.07, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 26.11, 219.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0713 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.085 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9724, 19.5333, 31.8295)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8596 #963E2D

analogous

#2D9672 #2D8596 #2D5096

triadic

#2D8596 #962D85 #85962D

tetradic

#2D8596 #722D96 #963E2D #50962D

square

#2D8596 #722D96 #963E2D #50962D

split-complementary

#2D8596 #962D50 #96722D

monochromatic

#113238 #1F5B67 #2D8596 #3CAEC4 #6BC2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#2D8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#2D8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8596

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8596	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.085 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b4',
    500: '#2d8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8596;
$custom-light: #74a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57233,
    "c": 0.08512,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8596

secondary

#B97365

accent

#624BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8596

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

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