#2E8F9D#2E8F9D

#2E8F9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.090 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8F9D
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -22.93, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 27.71, 214.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0784 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.09 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0324, 22.6581, 35.3676)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8F9D #9D3C2E

analogous

#2E9D74 #2E8F9D #2E579D

triadic

#2E8F9D #9D2E8F #8F9D2E

tetradic

#2E8F9D #742E9D #9D3C2E #579D2E

square

#2E8F9D #742E9D #9D3C2E #579D2E

split-complementary

#2E8F9D #9D2E57 #9D742E

monochromatic

#12393E #20646E #2E8F9D #41B6C7 #70C8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#2E8F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#2E8F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8F9D

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8F9D	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)

#828A9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.090 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0ba',
    500: '#2e8f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8f9d;
$custom-light: #77b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.568,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60074,
    "c": 0.08954,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8F9D

secondary

#BD756A

accent

#5C4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8F9D

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

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