#2E8D9D#2E8D9D

#2E8D9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.089 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8D9D
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -21.89, -16.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 27.41, 217.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0763 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.089 211)
XYZ	xyz(16.7348, 22.0630, 35.2684)
Luminance	0.2207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8D9D #9D3E2E

analogous

#2E9D76 #2E8D9D #2E559D

triadic

#2E8D9D #9D2E8D #8D9D2E

tetradic

#2E8D9D #762E9D #9D3E2E #559D2E

square

#2E8D9D #762E9D #9D3E2E #559D2E

split-complementary

#2E8D9D #9D2E55 #9D762E

monochromatic

#12383E #20626E #2E8D9D #41B4C7 #70C7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#2E8D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#2E8D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8D9D

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8D9D	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.089 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aeba',
    500: '#2e8d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8d9d;
$custom-light: #77aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.649,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5957,
    "c": 0.08906,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.22065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8D9D

secondary

#BD766A

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8D9D

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

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