#2E8491#2E8491

#2E8491 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.082 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8491
RGB	rgb(46, 132, 145)
HSL	hsl(188, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.83, -21.00, -14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.83, 25.51, 214.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.0719 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.082 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4866, 19.1261, 29.7108)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8491 #913B2E

analogous

#2E916D #2E8491 #2E5291

triadic

#2E8491 #912E84 #84912E

tetradic

#2E8491 #6D2E91 #913B2E #52912E

square

#2E8491 #6D2E91 #913B2E #52912E

split-complementary

#2E8491 #912E52 #916D2E

monochromatic

#112F34 #1F5A63 #2E8491 #3DAEBF #6AC2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#2E8491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#2E8491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8491

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8491	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 132, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.082 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b1',
    500: '#2e8491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8491;
$custom-light: #74a8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56801,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8491

secondary

#B76F64

accent

#5F4DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8491

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

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