#2E8E9E#2E8E9E

#2E8E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.090 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E9E
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.44, -22.09, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.44, 27.60, 216.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0769 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.09 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9686, 22.3935, 35.7692)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E9E #9E3E2E

analogous

#2E9E76 #2E8E9E #2E569E

triadic

#2E8E9E #9E2E8E #8E9E2E

tetradic

#2E8E9E #762E9E #9E3E2E #569E2E

square

#2E8E9E #762E9E #9E3E2E #569E2E

split-complementary

#2E8E9E #9E2E56 #9E762E

monochromatic

#12393F #20636F #2E8E9E #41B5C8 #71C7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2E8E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#2E8E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E9E

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E9E	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.090 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afba',
    500: '#2e8e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e9e;
$custom-light: #77afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59863,
    "c": 0.08966,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E9E

secondary

#BD766B

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E9E

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

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