#2E9496#2E9496

#2E9496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.091 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9496
RGB	rgb(46, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -27.63, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 29.23, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0868 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.091 197)
XYZ	xyz(17.2192, 23.9607, 32.5656)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9496 #96302E

analogous

#2E9664 #2E9496 #2E6096

triadic

#2E9496 #962E94 #94962E

tetradic

#2E9496 #642E96 #96302E #60962E

square

#2E9496 #642E96 #96302E #60962E

split-complementary

#2E9496 #962E60 #96642E

monochromatic

#113838 #206667 #2E9496 #3EC1C4 #6CD0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#2E9496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#2E9496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9496

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9496	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)

#8A8D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.091 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b4b4',
    500: '#2e9496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9496;
$custom-light: #77b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.154,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61071,
    "c": 0.09072,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.23963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9496

secondary

#B96867

accent

#4E4BDC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9496

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

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