#2E8A9C#2E8A9C

#2E8A9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.088 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A9C
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -20.63, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 26.99, 220.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0736 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.088 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2134, 21.1563, 34.6751)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A9C #9C402E

analogous

#2E9C77 #2E8A9C #2E539C

triadic

#2E8A9C #9C2E8A #8A9C2E

tetradic

#2E8A9C #772E9C #9C402E #539C2E

square

#2E8A9C #772E9C #9C402E #539C2E

split-complementary

#2E8A9C #9C2E53 #9C772E

monochromatic

#12363D #20606D #2E8A9C #40B1C7 #70C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#2E8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#2E8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A9C

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A9C	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.088 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acb9',
    500: '#2e8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a9c;
$custom-light: #76acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.818,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58774,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A9C

secondary

#BC776A

accent

#624ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A9C

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

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