#2E9996#2E9996

#2E9996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.094 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9996
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, -30.09, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 30.93, 193.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0921 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.094 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0205, 25.5632, 32.8327)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9996 #992E31

analogous

#2E9961 #2E9996 #2E6799

triadic

#2E9996 #962E99 #99962E

tetradic

#2E9996 #612E99 #992E31 #67992E

square

#2E9996 #612E99 #992E31 #67992E

split-complementary

#2E9996 #992E67 #99612E

monochromatic

#123B3A #206A68 #2E9996 #3FC5C1 #6ED3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#2E9996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#2E9996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9996

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9996	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.094 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7b4',
    500: '#2e9996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9996;
$custom-light: #77b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.318,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62345,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9996

secondary

#BB686A

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9996

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

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