#2D8D9E#2D8D9E

#2D8D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.090 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D8D9E
RGB	rgb(45, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -21.71, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 27.61, 218.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0764 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.09 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7760, 22.0743, 35.7177)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D8D9E #9E3E2D

analogous

#2D9E77 #2D8D9E #2D549E

triadic

#2D8D9E #9E2D8D #8D9E2D

tetradic

#2D8D9E #772D9E #9E3E2D #549E2D

square

#2D8D9E #772D9E #9E3E2D #549E2D

split-complementary

#2D8D9E #9E2D54 #9E772D

monochromatic

#12383F #1F626E #2D8D9E #40B4C9 #6FC7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2D8D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#2D8D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D8D9E

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D8D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D8D9E	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d8d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.090 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeba',
    500: '#2d8d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d8d9e;
$custom-light: #76aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d8d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.027,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59585,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D8D9E

secondary

#BD7669

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D8D9E

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

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