#2E8F9E#2E8F9E

#2E8F9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.090 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8F9E
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -22.61, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 27.74, 215.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.078 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.09 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1181, 22.6924, 35.8190)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8F9E #9E3D2E

analogous

#2E9E75 #2E8F9E #2E579E

triadic

#2E8F9E #9E2E8F #8F9E2E

tetradic

#2E8F9E #752E9E #9E3D2E #579E2E

square

#2E8F9E #752E9E #9E3D2E #579E2E

split-complementary

#2E8F9E #9E2E57 #9E752E

monochromatic

#12393F #20646F #2E8F9E #41B6C8 #71C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2E8F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#2E8F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8F9E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8F9E	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.090 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0ba',
    500: '#2e8f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8f9e;
$custom-light: #77b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.036,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60115,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8F9E

secondary

#BD766B

accent

#5D4ADE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8F9E

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

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