#2E997F#2E997F

#2E997F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E997F
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(165, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -36.48, 4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 36.81, 172.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.103 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.104 173)
XYZ	xyz(16.3468, 24.8938, 24.0180)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E997F #992E48

analogous

#2E994A #2E997F #2E7E99

triadic

#2E997F #7F2E99 #997F2E

tetradic

#2E997F #4A2E99 #992E48 #7E992E

square

#2E997F #4A2E99 #992E48 #7E992E

split-complementary

#2E997F #992E7E #994A2E

monochromatic

#123B31 #206A58 #2E997F #3FC5A5 #6ED3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#2E997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#2E997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E997F

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E997F	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8a4',
    500: '#2e997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e997f;
$custom-light: #76b8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.421,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61602,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.24896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E997F

secondary

#BB687C

accent

#4B6EDD

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E997F

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

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