#2E8A9E#2E8A9E

#2E8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.089 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A9E
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -19.98, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 27.20, 222.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0727 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.089 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3842, 21.2246, 35.5744)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A9E #9E422E

analogous

#2E9E7A #2E8A9E #2E529E

triadic

#2E8A9E #9E2E8A #8A9E2E

tetradic

#2E8A9E #7A2E9E #9E422E #529E2E

square

#2E8A9E #7A2E9E #9E422E #529E2E

split-complementary

#2E8A9E #9E2E52 #9E7A2E

monochromatic

#12373F #20616F #2E8A9E #41B0C8 #71C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2E8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2E8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A9E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A9E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.089 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acba',
    500: '#2e8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a9e;
$custom-light: #76acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.714,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58859,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A9E

secondary

#BD796B

accent

#644ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A9E

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

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