#2E9998#2E9998

#2E9998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.094 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9998
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -29.50, -8.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 30.62, 195.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0911 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.094 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1829, 25.6282, 33.6881)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9998 #992E2F

analogous

#2E9963 #2E9998 #2E6599

triadic

#2E9998 #982E99 #99982E

tetradic

#2E9998 #632E99 #992E2F #65992E

square

#2E9998 #632E99 #992E2F #65992E

split-complementary

#2E9998 #992E65 #99632E

monochromatic

#123B3B #206A69 #2E9998 #3FC5C4 #6ED3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#2E9998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#2E9998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9998

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9998	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.094 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7b6',
    500: '#2e9998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9998;
$custom-light: #77b7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.439,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62416,
    "c": 0.09396,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9998

secondary

#BB6869

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9998

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

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