#2E4A42#2E4A42

#2E4A42 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.037 H 174.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4A42
RGB	rgb(46, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(163, 23%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(163, 38%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 0%, 10.8%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, -12.67, 1.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 12.75, 173.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% -0.0365 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.037 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5585, 5.8715, 6.0463)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4A42 #4A2E36

analogous

#2E4A34 #2E4A42 #2E444A

triadic

#2E4A42 #422E4A #4A422E

tetradic

#2E4A42 #342E4A #4A2E36 #444A2E

square

#2E4A42 #342E4A #4A2E36 #444A2E

split-complementary

#2E4A42 #4A2E44 #4A342E

monochromatic

#0C1311 #172420 #2E4A42 #457064 #5D9585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#2E4A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#2E4A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4A42

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4A42	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.037 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687c76',
    500: '#2e4a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4a42;
$custom-light: #687c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 23.333,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38403,
    "c": 0.03668,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4A42

secondary

#7B5962

accent

#6881C0

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#EBEEED

border

#C6C9C8

text

#060908

muted

#7A7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4A42

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