#2E8D9F#2E8D9F

#2E8D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.090 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8D9F
RGB	rgb(46, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -21.24, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 27.55, 219.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0755 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.09 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9069, 22.1319, 36.1750)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8D9F #9F402E

analogous

#2E9F79 #2E8D9F #2E549F

triadic

#2E8D9F #9F2E8D #8D9F2E

tetradic

#2E8D9F #792E9F #9F402E #549F2E

square

#2E8D9F #792E9F #9F402E #549F2E

split-complementary

#2E8D9F #9F2E54 #9F792E

monochromatic

#133940 #206370 #2E8D9F #42B3C8 #71C6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#2E8D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#2E8D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8D9F

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8D9F	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.090 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77aebb',
    500: '#2e8d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8d9f;
$custom-light: #77aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.558,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59653,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8D9F

secondary

#BE786B

accent

#6149DE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8D9F

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

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