#2E9599#2E9599

#2E9599 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.091 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9599
RGB	rgb(46, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -27.22, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 29.23, 201.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.0865 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.091 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6214, 24.3736, 33.9067)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9599 #99322E

analogous

#2E9968 #2E9599 #2E6099

triadic

#2E9599 #992E95 #95992E

tetradic

#2E9599 #682E99 #99322E #60992E

square

#2E9599 #682E99 #99322E #60992E

split-complementary

#2E9599 #992E60 #99682E

monochromatic

#12393B #20676A #2E9599 #3FC0C5 #6ED0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#2E9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#2E9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9599

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9599	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A829A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.091 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b4b7',
    500: '#2e9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9599;
$custom-light: #77b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.243,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61436,
    "c": 0.09137,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9599

secondary

#BB6B68

accent

#504BDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9599

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

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