#2E997E#2E997E

#2E997E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E997E
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -36.73, 5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 37.14, 171.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.1034 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.104 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2819, 24.8678, 23.6765)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E997E #992E49

analogous

#2E9949 #2E997E #2E7F99

triadic

#2E997E #7E2E99 #997E2E

tetradic

#2E997E #492E99 #992E49 #7F992E

square

#2E997E #492E99 #992E49 #7F992E

split-complementary

#2E997E #992E7F #99492E

monochromatic

#123B31 #206A57 #2E997E #3FC5A3 #6ED3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#2E997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#2E997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E997E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E997E	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8a3',
    500: '#2e997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e997e;
$custom-light: #76b8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.86,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61573,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E997E

secondary

#BB687D

accent

#4B70DD

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E997E

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

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