#2E997B#2E997B

#2E997B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.106 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E997B
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(163, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -37.50, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 38.17, 169.28°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.1049 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.106 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0913, 24.7915, 22.6723)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E997B #992E4C

analogous

#2E9946 #2E997B #2E8299

triadic

#2E997B #7B2E99 #997B2E

tetradic

#2E997B #462E99 #992E4C #82992E

square

#2E997B #462E99 #992E4C #82992E

split-complementary

#2E997B #992E82 #99462E

monochromatic

#123B2F #206A55 #2E997B #3FC5A0 #6ED3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2E997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#2E997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E997B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E997B	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86847D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.106 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8a1',
    500: '#2e997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e997b;
$custom-light: #75b8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.178,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61487,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E997B

secondary

#BB687F

accent

#4B74DD

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E997B

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

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