#2E8595#2E8595

#2E8595 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.084 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8595
RGB	rgb(46, 133, 149)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.29, -20.24, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.29, 25.88, 218.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% -0.0712 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.084 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9368, 19.5242, 31.4093)
Luminance	0.1953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8595 #953E2E

analogous

#2E9571 #2E8595 #2E5195

triadic

#2E8595 #952E85 #85952E

tetradic

#2E8595 #712E95 #953E2E #51952E

square

#2E8595 #712E95 #953E2E #51952E

split-complementary

#2E8595 #952E51 #95712E

monochromatic

#113237 #205B66 #2E8595 #3DAEC3 #6CC2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#2E8595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#2E8595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8595

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8595	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 133, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.084 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75a8b4',
    500: '#2e8595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8595;
$custom-light: #75a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5722,
    "c": 0.08416,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8595

secondary

#B97366

accent

#624CDC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8595

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

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