#2E8490#2E8490

#2E8490 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.082 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8490
RGB	rgb(46, 132, 144)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -21.31, -13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 25.48, 213.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0723 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.082 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4099, 19.0954, 29.3065)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8490 #903A2E

analogous

#2E906B #2E8490 #2E5390

triadic

#2E8490 #902E84 #84902E

tetradic

#2E8490 #6B2E90 #903A2E #53902E

square

#2E8490 #6B2E90 #903A2E #53902E

split-complementary

#2E8490 #902E53 #906B2E

monochromatic

#102F33 #1F5962 #2E8490 #3DAFBE #69C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#2E8490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#2E8490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8490

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8490	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 132, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.082 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b0',
    500: '#2e8490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8490;
$custom-light: #74a8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 51.579,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5676,
    "c": 0.08204,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8490

secondary

#B66E64

accent

#5E4DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8490

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

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