#2E8B9F#2E8B9F

#2E8B9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.090 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8B9F
RGB	rgb(46, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -20.19, -18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 27.38, 222.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0734 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.09 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6147, 21.5474, 36.0776)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8B9F #9F422E

analogous

#2E9F7A #2E8B9F #2E539F

triadic

#2E8B9F #9F2E8B #8B9F2E

tetradic

#2E8B9F #7A2E9F #9F422E #539F2E

square

#2E8B9F #7A2E9F #9F422E #539F2E

split-complementary

#2E8B9F #9F2E53 #9F7A2E

monochromatic

#133840 #206270 #2E8B9F #42B1C8 #71C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#2E8B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#2E8B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8B9F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8B9F	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.090 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77adbb',
    500: '#2e8b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8b9f;
$custom-light: #77adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.619,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59152,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8B9F

secondary

#BE7A6B

accent

#6449DE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8B9F

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

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