#2E8B9E#2E8B9E

#2E8B9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.089 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B9E
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -20.51, -17.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 27.27, 221.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0738 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.089 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5283, 21.5128, 35.6224)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B9E #9E412E

analogous

#2E9E79 #2E8B9E #2E539E

triadic

#2E8B9E #9E2E8B #8B9E2E

tetradic

#2E8B9E #792E9E #9E412E #539E2E

square

#2E8B9E #792E9E #9E412E #539E2E

split-complementary

#2E8B9E #9E2E53 #9E792E

monochromatic

#12383F #20616F #2E8B9E #41B1C8 #71C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#2E8B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#2E8B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B9E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B9E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	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)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.089 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adba',
    500: '#2e8b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b9e;
$custom-light: #76adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.179,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59109,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B9E

secondary

#BD796B

accent

#634ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B9E

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

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