#2E838E#2E838E

#2E838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.081 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E838E
RGB	rgb(46, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(187, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, -21.42, -13.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 25.26, 211.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% -0.0721 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.081 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1234, 18.7649, 28.4636)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E838E #8E392E

analogous

#2E8E69 #2E838E #2E538E

triadic

#2E838E #8E2E83 #838E2E

tetradic

#2E838E #692E8E #8E392E #538E2E

square

#2E838E #692E8E #8E392E #538E2E

split-complementary

#2E838E #8E2E53 #8E692E

monochromatic

#102E32 #1F5860 #2E838E #3DAEBC #68C2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#2E838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#2E838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E838E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E838E	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A748E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.081 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a7af',
    500: '#2e838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e838e;
$custom-light: #74a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56424,
    "c": 0.08109,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E838E

secondary

#B56C63

accent

#5D4DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E838E

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

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