#2E8E9F#2E8E9F

#2E8E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.090 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8E9F
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -21.77, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 27.66, 218.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0765 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.09 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0551, 22.4281, 36.2244)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8E9F #9F3F2E

analogous

#2E9F78 #2E8E9F #2E559F

triadic

#2E8E9F #9F2E8E #8E9F2E

tetradic

#2E8E9F #782E9F #9F3F2E #559F2E

square

#2E8E9F #782E9F #9F3F2E #559F2E

split-complementary

#2E8E9F #9F2E55 #9F782E

monochromatic

#133940 #206470 #2E8E9F #42B4C8 #71C7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#2E8E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#2E8E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8E9F

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8E9F	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.090 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbb',
    500: '#2e8e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8e9f;
$custom-light: #77afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.027,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59904,
    "c": 0.09007,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8E9F

secondary

#BE786B

accent

#6049DE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8E9F

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

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