#2E8F9C#2E8F9C

#2E8F9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.089 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8F9C
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, -23.25, -15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 27.68, 212.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% -0.0788 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.089 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9473, 22.6241, 34.9198)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8F9C #9C3B2E

analogous

#2E9C72 #2E8F9C #2E589C

triadic

#2E8F9C #9C2E8F #8F9C2E

tetradic

#2E8F9C #722E9C #9C3B2E #589C2E

square

#2E8F9C #722E9C #9C3B2E #589C2E

split-complementary

#2E8F9C #9C2E58 #9C722E

monochromatic

#12383D #20646D #2E8F9C #40B7C7 #70C9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2E8F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2E8F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8F9C

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8F9C	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.089 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0b9',
    500: '#2e8f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8f9c;
$custom-light: #77b0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.091,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60034,
    "c": 0.08923,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8F9C

secondary

#BC736A

accent

#5B4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8F9C

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

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