#2E959E#2E959E

#2E959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.092 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E959E
RGB	rgb(46, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -25.69, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 28.90, 207.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0843 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.092 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0430, 24.5423, 36.1273)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E959E #9E372E

analogous

#2E9E6F #2E959E #2E5D9E

triadic

#2E959E #9E2E95 #959E2E

tetradic

#2E959E #6F2E9E #9E372E #5D9E2E

square

#2E959E #6F2E9E #9E372E #5D9E2E

split-complementary

#2E959E #9E2E5D #9E6F2E

monochromatic

#123C3F #20686F #2E959E #41BDC8 #71CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#2E959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#2E959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E959E

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E959E	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.092 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b4ba',
    500: '#2e959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e959e;
$custom-light: #78b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.821,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61626,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E959E

secondary

#BD716B

accent

#564ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E959E

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

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