#2E9896#2E9896

#2E9896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.093 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9896
RGB	rgb(46, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -29.60, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 30.57, 194.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.091 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.093 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8575, 25.2373, 32.7784)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9896 #982E30

analogous

#2E9861 #2E9896 #2E6598

triadic

#2E9896 #962E98 #98962E

tetradic

#2E9896 #612E98 #982E30 #65982E

square

#2E9896 #612E98 #982E30 #65982E

split-complementary

#2E9896 #982E65 #98612E

monochromatic

#123A39 #206968 #2E9896 #3EC5C2 #6DD3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2E9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#2E9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9896

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9896	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.093 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7b4',
    500: '#2e9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9896;
$custom-light: #77b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6209,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9896

secondary

#BA6869

accent

#4B4EDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9896

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

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