#2E8591#2E8591

#2E8591 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.083 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8591
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(187, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, -21.52, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 25.68, 213.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.073 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.083 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.6229, 19.3986, 29.7562)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8591 #913A2E

analogous

#2E916C #2E8591 #2E5391

triadic

#2E8591 #912E85 #85912E

tetradic

#2E8591 #6C2E91 #913A2E #53912E

square

#2E8591 #6C2E91 #913A2E #53912E

split-complementary

#2E8591 #912E53 #916C2E

monochromatic

#113034 #1F5A63 #2E8591 #3DB0BF #6AC3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#2E8591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#2E8591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8591

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8591	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.083 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74a8b1',
    500: '#2e8591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8591;
$custom-light: #74a8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 51.832,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57055,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8591

secondary

#B76E64

accent

#5E4DDB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8591

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

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