#2E998C#2E998C

#2E998C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.097 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E998C
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -32.96, -1.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 33.02, 183.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0967 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.097 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2493, 25.2548, 28.7714)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E998C #992E3B

analogous

#2E9957 #2E998C #2E7199

triadic

#2E998C #8C2E99 #998C2E

tetradic

#2E998C #572E99 #992E3B #71992E

square

#2E998C #572E99 #992E3B #71992E

split-complementary

#2E998C #992E71 #99572E

monochromatic

#123B36 #206A61 #2E998C #3FC5B5 #6ED3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#2E998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#2E998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E998C

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E998C	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)

#92908C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.097 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7ad',
    500: '#2e998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e998c;
$custom-light: #76b7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.71,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62005,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E998C

secondary

#BB6872

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E998C

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

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