#2E8A9F#2E8A9F

#2E8A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.090 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8A9F
RGB	rgb(46, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -19.66, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 27.32, 223.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0723 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.09 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4706, 21.2591, 36.0295)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8A9F #9F432E

analogous

#2E9F7B #2E8A9F #2E529F

triadic

#2E8A9F #9F2E8A #8A9F2E

tetradic

#2E8A9F #7B2E9F #9F432E #529F2E

square

#2E8A9F #7B2E9F #9F432E #529F2E

split-complementary

#2E8A9F #9F2E52 #9F7B2E

monochromatic

#133840 #206170 #2E8A9F #42AFC8 #71C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#2E8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#2E8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8A9F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8A9F	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)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.090 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acbb',
    500: '#2e8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8a9f;
$custom-light: #76acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.15,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58901,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8A9F

secondary

#BE7B6B

accent

#6549DE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8A9F

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

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