#2E9596#2E9596

#2E9596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.091 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9596
RGB	rgb(46, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -28.13, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 29.55, 197.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0878 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.091 196)
XYZ	xyz(17.3767, 24.2757, 32.6181)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9596 #962F2E

analogous

#2E9663 #2E9596 #2E6196

triadic

#2E9596 #962E95 #95962E

tetradic

#2E9596 #632E96 #962F2E #61962E

square

#2E9596 #632E96 #962F2E #61962E

split-complementary

#2E9596 #962E61 #96632E

monochromatic

#113838 #206667 #2E9596 #3EC2C4 #6CD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#2E9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#2E9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9596

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9596	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.091 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b4b4',
    500: '#2e9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9596;
$custom-light: #77b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.577,
    "s": 53.061,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61325,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.24278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9596

secondary

#B96767

accent

#4D4BDC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9596

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

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