#2E9899#2E9899

#2E9899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.093 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9899
RGB	rgb(46, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -28.71, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 30.15, 197.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0896 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.093 196)
XYZ	xyz(18.1021, 25.3351, 34.0669)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9899 #992F2E

analogous

#2E9965 #2E9899 #2E6399

triadic

#2E9899 #992E98 #98992E

tetradic

#2E9899 #652E99 #992F2E #63992E

square

#2E9899 #652E99 #992F2E #63992E

split-complementary

#2E9899 #992E63 #99652E

monochromatic

#123B3B #20696A #2E9899 #3FC4C5 #6ED2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#2E9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#2E9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9899

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9899	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E859A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.093 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b6b7',
    500: '#2e9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9899;
$custom-light: #77b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62198,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.25337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9899

secondary

#BB6968

accent

#4C4BDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9899

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

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