#2E8D9B#2E8D9B

#2E8D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.088 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8D9B
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(188, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -22.53, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 27.32, 214.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% -0.0772 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.088 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5655, 21.9953, 34.3765)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8D9B #9B3C2E

analogous

#2E9B72 #2E8D9B #2E579B

triadic

#2E8D9B #9B2E8D #8D9B2E

tetradic

#2E8D9B #722E9B #9B3C2E #579B2E

square

#2E8D9B #722E9B #9B3C2E #579B2E

split-complementary

#2E8D9B #9B2E57 #9B722E

monochromatic

#12373D #20626C #2E8D9B #40B5C6 #6FC7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#2E8D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#2E8D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8D9B

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8D9B	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.088 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeb8',
    500: '#2e8d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8d9b;
$custom-light: #76aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.706,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59489,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8D9B

secondary

#BC7469

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8D9B

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

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