#2e857e

Color #2e857e

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 5.38 Nearest Tailwind class teal-700 #00786f · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2e857e

RGB

rgb(46, 133, 126)

HSL

hsl(175.2, 48.6%, 35.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(175.2, 65.4%, 52.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 5.3%, 47.8%)

LAB

lab(50.52, -27.3, -3.85)

LCH

lch(50.52, 27.57, 188.03)

OKLCH

oklch(56.3%, 0.0823, 187.61)

HWB

hwb(175.2, 18%, 47.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#852e35

Analogous

#2e8553

#2e857e

#2e6085

Triadic

#2e857e

#7e2e85

#857e2e

Split-complementary

#2e857e

#852e60

#85532e

Tetradic

#2e857e

#2e3585

#852e35

#857e2e

Square

#2e857e

#532e85

#852e35

#60852e

Shades

Color #2e857e mixed toward black.

#266f69

#1f5954

#17433f

#0f2c2a

#081615

Tints

Color #2e857e mixed toward white.

#3caea5

#5bc6be

#84d4ce

#ade3de

#d6f1ef

Tones

Color #2e857e mixed toward gray.

#357e78

#3d7772

#446f6c

#4b6866

#526160

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.4:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606180 · ΔE 28.3

Deuteranopia

#5b5480 · ΔE 32

Tritanopia

#378181 · ΔE 3.6

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 20.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e857e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e857e]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2e857e (#2e857e) is rgb(46, 133, 126) in RGB.

No, #2e857e is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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