#2E9495#2E9495

#2E9495 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.091 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9495
RGB	rgb(46, 148, 149)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -27.94, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 29.35, 197.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0872 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.091 196)
XYZ	xyz(17.1390, 23.9286, 32.1434)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9495 #952F2E

analogous

#2E9563 #2E9495 #2E6095

triadic

#2E9495 #952E94 #94952E

tetradic

#2E9495 #632E95 #952F2E #60952E

square

#2E9495 #632E95 #952F2E #60952E

split-complementary

#2E9495 #952E60 #95632E

monochromatic

#113737 #206666 #2E9495 #3DC2C3 #6CD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#2E9495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#2E9495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9495

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9495	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 148, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.091 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b4b4',
    500: '#2e9495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9495;
$custom-light: #76b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.583,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61034,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.23931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9495

secondary

#B96766

accent

#4D4CDC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9495

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

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