#2E838C#2E838C

#2E838C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.081 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E838C
RGB	rgb(46, 131, 140)
HSL	hsl(186, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 6.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, -22.05, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 25.26, 209.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% -0.073 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.081 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9746, 18.7053, 27.6799)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E838C #8C372E

analogous

#2E8C66 #2E838C #2E548C

triadic

#2E838C #8C2E83 #838C2E

tetradic

#2E838C #662E8C #8C372E #548C2E

square

#2E838C #662E8C #8C372E #548C2E

split-complementary

#2E838C #8C2E54 #8C662E

monochromatic

#102D30 #1F585E #2E838C #3DAEBA #67C3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#2E838C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#2E838C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E838C

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E838C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E838C	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B738C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e838c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 131, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.081 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a7ad',
    500: '#2e838c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e838c;
$custom-light: #74a7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e838c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.745,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56344,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E838C

secondary

#B46A62

accent

#5B4EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E838C

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

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