#2E858B#2E858B

#2E858B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.081 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E858B
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.94, -23.40, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.94, 25.79, 204.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% -0.0756 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.081 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1724, 19.2184, 27.3837)
Luminance	0.1922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E858B #8B342E

analogous

#2E8B63 #2E858B #2E578B

triadic

#2E858B #8B2E85 #858B2E

tetradic

#2E858B #632E8B #8B342E #578B2E

square

#2E858B #632E8B #8B342E #578B2E

split-complementary

#2E858B #8B2E57 #8B632E

monochromatic

#102D2F #1F595D #2E858B #3DB1B9 #67C6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#2E858B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#2E858B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E858B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E858B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E858B	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e858b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.081 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a9ac',
    500: '#2e858b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e858b;
$custom-light: #74a9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e858b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56818,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E858B

secondary

#B36761

accent

#574EDA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E858B

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

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