#2E4E42#2E4E42

#2E4E42 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.043 H 168.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4E42
RGB	rgb(46, 78, 66)
HSL	hsl(158, 26%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(158, 41%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(41%, 0%, 15.4%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, -14.98, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 15.37, 167.19°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% -0.0424 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.043 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8341, 6.4227, 6.1382)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4E42 #4E2E3A

analogous

#2E4E32 #2E4E42 #2E4A4E

triadic

#2E4E42 #422E4E #4E422E

tetradic

#2E4E42 #322E4E #4E2E3A #4A4E2E

square

#2E4E42 #322E4E #4E2E3A #4A4E2E

split-complementary

#2E4E42 #4E2E4A #4E322E

monochromatic

#0B1310 #172821 #2E4E42 #457463 #5B9B83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#2E4E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#2E4E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4E42

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4E42	1.00	9.19	2.28	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254E4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 78, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.043 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#687f76',
    500: '#2e4e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4e42;
$custom-light: #687f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39504,
    "c": 0.0433,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4E42

secondary

#7F5867

accent

#6688C2

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#EBEEED

border

#C6C9C8

text

#060A08

muted

#7A7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4E42

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