#2E8B9D#2E8B9D

#2E8B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.089 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B9D
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -20.84, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 27.18, 219.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% -0.0742 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.089 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4426, 21.4785, 35.1710)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B9D #9D402E

analogous

#2E9D78 #2E8B9D #2E539D

triadic

#2E8B9D #9D2E8B #8B9D2E

tetradic

#2E8B9D #782E9D #9D402E #539D2E

square

#2E8B9D #782E9D #9D402E #539D2E

split-complementary

#2E8B9D #9D2E53 #9D782E

monochromatic

#12373E #20616E #2E8B9D #41B2C7 #70C5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#2E8B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2E8B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B9D

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B9D	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.089 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adba',
    500: '#2e8b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b9d;
$custom-light: #76adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.73,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59067,
    "c": 0.0887,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B9D

secondary

#BD786A

accent

#624ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B9D

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

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