#2E959D#2E959D

#2E959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.092 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E959D
RGB	rgb(46, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -26.00, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 28.94, 206.07°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0847 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.092 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9573, 24.5080, 35.6759)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E959D #9D362E

analogous

#2E9D6D #2E959D #2E5E9D

triadic

#2E959D #9D2E95 #959D2E

tetradic

#2E959D #6D2E9D #9D362E #5E9D2E

square

#2E959D #6D2E9D #9D362E #5E9D2E

split-complementary

#2E959D #9D2E5E #9D6D2E

monochromatic

#123B3E #20686E #2E959D #41BEC7 #70CED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#2E959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#2E959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E959D

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E959D	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.092 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b4b9',
    500: '#2e959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e959d;
$custom-light: #77b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.324,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61588,
    "c": 0.09177,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E959D

secondary

#BD706A

accent

#544ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E959D

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

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