#2E97A4#2E97A4

#2E97A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.094 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97A4
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 164)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 7.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -24.82, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 29.22, 211.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0837 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.094 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8913, 25.3922, 39.0203)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97A4 #A43B2E

analogous

#2EA476 #2E97A4 #2E5CA4

triadic

#2E97A4 #A42E97 #97A42E

tetradic

#2E97A4 #762EA4 #A43B2E #5CA42E

square

#2E97A4 #762EA4 #A43B2E #5CA42E

split-complementary

#2E97A4 #A42E5C #A4762E

monochromatic

#133F44 #216B74 #2E97A4 #45BCCB #74CDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#2E97A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#2E97A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97A4

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97A4	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A91A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7985A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.094 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b6bf',
    500: '#2e97a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97a4;
$custom-light: #78b6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62365,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97A4

secondary

#C0776E

accent

#5948DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97A4

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

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