#2E8997#2E8997

#2E8997 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.086 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8997
RGB	rgb(46, 137, 151)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 9.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -21.71, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 26.54, 215.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% -0.0747 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.086 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6559, 20.7048, 32.4435)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8997 #973C2E

analogous

#2E9770 #2E8997 #2E5497

triadic

#2E8997 #972E89 #89972E

tetradic

#2E8997 #702E97 #973C2E #54972E

square

#2E8997 #702E97 #973C2E #54972E

split-complementary

#2E8997 #972E54 #97702E

monochromatic

#113439 #205E68 #2E8997 #3EB2C4 #6DC5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#2E8997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#2E8997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8997

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8997	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 137, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.086 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75abb5',
    500: '#2e8997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8997;
$custom-light: #75abb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58315,
    "c": 0.08586,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8997

secondary

#BA7267

accent

#5F4BDD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8997

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

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