#2E8495#2E8495

#2E8495 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.084 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8495
RGB	rgb(46, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, -19.71, -16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 25.77, 220.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% -0.0702 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.084 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8005, 19.2516, 31.3639)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8495 #953F2E

analogous

#2E9572 #2E8495 #2E5095

triadic

#2E8495 #952E84 #84952E

tetradic

#2E8495 #722E95 #953F2E #50952E

square

#2E8495 #722E95 #953F2E #50952E

split-complementary

#2E8495 #952E50 #95722E

monochromatic

#113137 #205B66 #2E8495 #3DADC3 #6CC1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#2E8495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#2E8495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8495

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8495	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.084 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a8b4',
    500: '#2e8495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8495;
$custom-light: #75a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.903,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56966,
    "c": 0.08399,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8495

secondary

#B97466

accent

#634CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8495

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

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