#2E97A9#2E97A9

#2E97A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.096 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E97A9
RGB	rgb(46, 151, 169)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 10.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -23.24, -17.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 29.39, 217.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0816 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.096 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3517, 25.5764, 41.4453)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E97A9 #A9402E

analogous

#2EA97D #2E97A9 #2E5AA9

triadic

#2E97A9 #A92E97 #97A92E

tetradic

#2E97A9 #7D2EA9 #A9402E #5AA92E

square

#2E97A9 #7D2EA9 #A9402E #5AA92E

split-complementary

#2E97A9 #A92E5A #A97D2E

monochromatic

#144149 #216C79 #2E97A9 #47B9CD #77CCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#2E97A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#2E97A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E97A9

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E97A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E97A9	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8992AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e97a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 151, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.096 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b6c2',
    500: '#2e97a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e97a9;
$custom-light: #79b6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e97a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62566,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E97A9

secondary

#C27D71

accent

#5E47E0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E97A9

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

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