#2E959F#2E959F

#2E959F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.092 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E959F
RGB	rgb(46, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -25.37, -13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 28.87, 208.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.0838 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.092 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1294, 24.5768, 36.5825)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E959F #9F382E

analogous

#2E9F71 #2E959F #2E5C9F

triadic

#2E959F #9F2E95 #959F2E

tetradic

#2E959F #712E9F #9F382E #5C9F2E

square

#2E959F #712E9F #9F382E #5C9F2E

split-complementary

#2E959F #9F2E5C #9F712E

monochromatic

#133C40 #206970 #2E959F #42BCC8 #71CDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#2E959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#2E959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E959F

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E959F	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.092 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b4bb',
    500: '#2e959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e959f;
$custom-light: #78b4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.31,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61665,
    "c": 0.09213,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E959F

secondary

#BE736B

accent

#5749DE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E959F

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

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