#2D9E96#2D9E96

#2D9E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2D9E96
RGB	rgb(45, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -32.62, -4.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 32.99, 188.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0977 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.099 188)
XYZ	xyz(18.8115, 27.2114, 33.1092)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2D9E96 #9E2D35

analogous

#2D9E5D #2D9E96 #2D6E9E

triadic

#2D9E96 #962D9E #9E962D

tetradic

#2D9E96 #5D2D9E #9E2D35 #6E9E2D

square

#2D9E96 #5D2D9E #9E2D35 #6E9E2D

split-complementary

#2D9E96 #9E2D6E #9E5D2D

monochromatic

#123F3C #1F6E69 #2D9E96 #40C9BF #6FD6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2D9E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#2D9E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2D9E96

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2D9E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2D9E96	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)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2d9e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbb4',
    500: '#2d9e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2d9e96;
$custom-light: #78bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2d9e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.752,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63598,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.27214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2D9E96

secondary

#BD696F

accent

#4953DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2D9E96

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

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