#2E8D9A#2E8D9A

#2E8D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.088 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8D9A
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -22.84, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 27.29, 213.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0776 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.088 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4818, 21.9618, 33.9360)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8D9A #9A3B2E

analogous

#2E9A71 #2E8D9A #2E579A

triadic

#2E8D9A #9A2E8D #8D9A2E

tetradic

#2E8D9A #712E9A #9A3B2E #579A2E

square

#2E8D9A #712E9A #9A3B2E #579A2E

split-complementary

#2E8D9A #9A2E57 #9A712E

monochromatic

#12373C #20626B #2E8D9A #3FB6C6 #6FC8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2E8D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#2E8D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8D9A

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8D9A	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.088 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeb7',
    500: '#2e8d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8d9a;
$custom-light: #76aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.222,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59448,
    "c": 0.088,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8D9A

secondary

#BB7369

accent

#5C4ADD

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8D9A

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

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