#2E8F9F#2E8F9F

#2E8F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.090 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8F9F
RGB	rgb(46, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -22.29, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 27.79, 216.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0776 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.09 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2045, 22.7270, 36.2742)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8F9F #9F3E2E

analogous

#2E9F77 #2E8F9F #2E569F

triadic

#2E8F9F #9F2E8F #8F9F2E

tetradic

#2E8F9F #772E9F #9F3E2E #569F2E

square

#2E8F9F #772E9F #9F3E2E #569F2E

split-complementary

#2E8F9F #9F2E56 #9F772E

monochromatic

#133A40 #206470 #2E8F9F #42B5C8 #71C8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#2E8F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#2E8F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8F9F

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8F9F	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.090 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b0bb',
    500: '#2e8f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8f9f;
$custom-light: #77b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.496,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60155,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8F9F

secondary

#BE776B

accent

#5E49DE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8F9F

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

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