#2E857B#2E857B

#2E857B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.083 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E857B
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 123)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 7.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, -28.16, -2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 28.25, 184.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.24% -0.0831 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(56.24% 0.083 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0877, 18.7845, 21.6711)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E857B #852E38

analogous

#2E854F #2E857B #2E6485

triadic

#2E857B #7B2E85 #857B2E

tetradic

#2E857B #4F2E85 #852E38 #64852E

square

#2E857B #4F2E85 #852E38 #64852E

split-complementary

#2E857B #852E64 #854F2E

monochromatic

#0F2A27 #1E5851 #2E857B #3EB2A5 #64C9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#2E857B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#2E857B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E857B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E857B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E857B	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)

#7F7E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72747C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e857b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.083 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a9a1',
    500: '#2e857b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e857b;
$custom-light: #72a9a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e857b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.103,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56238,
    "c": 0.08332,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E857B

secondary

#B05F68

accent

#505FD8

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E857B

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

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