#2E8A9B#2E8A9B

#2E8A9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.088 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A9B
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -20.96, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 26.91, 218.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.074 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.088 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1291, 21.1225, 34.2310)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A9B #9B3F2E

analogous

#2E9B76 #2E8A9B #2E549B

triadic

#2E8A9B #9B2E8A #8A9B2E

tetradic

#2E8A9B #762E9B #9B3F2E #549B2E

square

#2E8A9B #762E9B #9B3F2E #549B2E

split-complementary

#2E8A9B #9B2E54 #9B762E

monochromatic

#12363D #20606C #2E8A9B #40B1C6 #6FC5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#2E8A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#2E8A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A9B

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A9B	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.088 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acb8',
    500: '#2e8a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a9b;
$custom-light: #76acb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.358,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58732,
    "c": 0.08766,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A9B

secondary

#BC7669

accent

#614ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A9B

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

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