#2E8B9C#2E8B9C

#2E8B9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.088 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B9C
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -21.16, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 27.10, 218.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0746 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.088 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3575, 21.4445, 34.7232)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B9C #9C3F2E

analogous

#2E9C76 #2E8B9C #2E549C

triadic

#2E8B9C #9C2E8B #8B9C2E

tetradic

#2E8B9C #762E9C #9C3F2E #549C2E

square

#2E8B9C #762E9C #9C3F2E #549C2E

split-complementary

#2E8B9C #9C2E54 #9C762E

monochromatic

#12373D #20616D #2E8B9C #40B2C7 #70C5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2E8B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#2E8B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B9C

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B9C	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.088 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adb9',
    500: '#2e8b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b9c;
$custom-light: #76adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.273,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59026,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B9C

secondary

#BC766A

accent

#614ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B9C

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

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