#2E8F9B#2E8F9B

#2E8F9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.089 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8F9B
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -23.56, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 27.67, 211.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0793 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.089 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8630, 22.5904, 34.4756)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8F9B #9B3A2E

analogous

#2E9B71 #2E8F9B #2E589B

triadic

#2E8F9B #9B2E8F #8F9B2E

tetradic

#2E8F9B #712E9B #9B3A2E #589B2E

square

#2E8F9B #712E9B #9B3A2E #589B2E

split-complementary

#2E8F9B #9B2E58 #9B712E

monochromatic

#12383D #20636C #2E8F9B #40B7C6 #6FC9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2E8F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#2E8F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8F9B

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8F9B	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.089 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b0b8',
    500: '#2e8f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8f9b;
$custom-light: #76b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.606,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59994,
    "c": 0.08894,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8F9B

secondary

#BC7269

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8F9B

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

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