#2E838F#2E838F

#2E838F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.081 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E838F
RGB	rgb(46, 131, 143)
HSL	hsl(187, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 8.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, -21.11, -13.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 25.28, 213.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% -0.0717 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.081 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1988, 18.7950, 28.8608)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E838F #8F3A2E

analogous

#2E8F6B #2E838F #2E528F

triadic

#2E838F #8F2E83 #838F2E

tetradic

#2E838F #6B2E8F #8F3A2E #528F2E

square

#2E838F #6B2E8F #8F3A2E #528F2E

split-complementary

#2E838F #8F2E52 #8F6B2E

monochromatic

#102E32 #1F5961 #2E838F #3DADBD #69C2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#2E838F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#2E838F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E838F

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E838F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E838F	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A748F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e838f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 131, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.081 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a7af',
    500: '#2e838f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e838f;
$custom-light: #74a7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e838f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.423,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56464,
    "c": 0.0814,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E838F

secondary

#B66D63

accent

#5F4DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E838F

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

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