#2E9EAA#2E9EAA

#2E9EAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.098 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9EAA
RGB	rgb(46, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -26.48, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 30.55, 209.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.35% -0.0883 -0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(64.35% 0.098 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6061, 27.9344, 42.3283)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9EAA #AA3A2E

analogous

#2EAA78 #2E9EAA #2E60AA

triadic

#2E9EAA #AA2E9E #9EAA2E

tetradic

#2E9EAA #782EAA #AA3A2E #60AA2E

square

#2E9EAA #782EAA #AA3A2E #60AA2E

split-complementary

#2E9EAA #AA2E60 #AA782E

monochromatic

#14444A #21717A #2E9EAA #48C0CD #78D1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#2E9EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#2E9EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9EAA

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9EAA	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.098 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbc3',
    500: '#2e9eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9eaa;
$custom-light: #7abbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64351,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9EAA

secondary

#C37971

accent

#5647E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9EAA

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

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