#2E9CA8#2E9CA8

#2E9CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.097 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9CA8
RGB	rgb(46, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.6%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -26.10, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 30.17, 210.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0871 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.097 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0800, 27.1826, 41.2267)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9CA8 #A83A2E

analogous

#2EA877 #2E9CA8 #2E5FA8

triadic

#2E9CA8 #A82E9C #9CA82E

tetradic

#2E9CA8 #772EA8 #A83A2E #5FA82E

square

#2E9CA8 #772EA8 #A83A2E #5FA82E

split-complementary

#2E9CA8 #A82E5F #A8772E

monochromatic

#144348 #216F78 #2E9CA8 #47BFCD #77D0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2E9CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2E9CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9CA8

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9CA8	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.097 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c1',
    500: '#2e9ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9ca8;
$custom-light: #79b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63773,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9CA8

secondary

#C27870

accent

#5748E0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9CA8

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

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