#2E4E50#2E4E50

#2E4E50 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.038 H 200.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E4E50
RGB	rgb(46, 78, 80)
HSL	hsl(184, 27%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(184, 43%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, -11.14, -4.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 12.17, 203.73°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% -0.0354 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.038 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2985, 6.6084, 8.5842)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E4E50 #50302E

analogous

#2E5041 #2E4E50 #2E3D50

triadic

#2E4E50 #502E4E #4E502E

tetradic

#2E4E50 #412E50 #50302E #3D502E

square

#2E4E50 #412E50 #50302E #3D502E

split-complementary

#2E4E50 #502E3D #50412E

monochromatic

#0B1313 #182829 #2E4E50 #447477 #5B9A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#2E4E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#2E4E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E4E50

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E4E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E4E50	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#444750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e4e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 78, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.038 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697f81',
    500: '#2e4e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e4e50;
$custom-light: #697f81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e4e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 26.984,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40007,
    "c": 0.03783,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E4E50

secondary

#815B58

accent

#6A64C3

background

#F6F7F7

surface

#EBEEEE

border

#C6C9C9

text

#060A0A

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E4E50

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

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