#2E7E8A#2E7E8A

#2E7E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.078 H 209.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E7E8A
RGB	rgb(46, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, -20.04, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 24.25, 214.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% -0.0683 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.078 209)
XYZ	xyz(13.1731, 17.3361, 26.6918)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E7E8A #8A3A2E

analogous

#2E8A68 #2E7E8A #2E508A

triadic

#2E7E8A #8A2E7E #7E8A2E

tetradic

#2E7E8A #682E8A #8A3A2E #508A2E

square

#2E7E8A #682E8A #8A3A2E #508A2E

split-complementary

#2E7E8A #8A2E50 #8A682E

monochromatic

#0F2A2E #1F545C #2E7E8A #3DA8B8 #66BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#2E7E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#2E7E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E7E8A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E7E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E7E8A	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73798B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e7e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.078 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a3ac',
    500: '#2e7e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e7e8a;
$custom-light: #73a3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e7e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54982,
    "c": 0.07815,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.17338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E7E8A

secondary

#B36C61

accent

#604EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E7E8A

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

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