#2E999B#2E999B

#2E999B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.094 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E999B
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -28.60, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 30.23, 198.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0898 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.094 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4317, 25.7277, 34.9985)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E999B #9B302E

analogous

#2E9B67 #2E999B #2E639B

triadic

#2E999B #9B2E99 #999B2E

tetradic

#2E999B #672E9B #9B302E #639B2E

square

#2E999B #672E9B #9B302E #639B2E

split-complementary

#2E999B #9B2E63 #9B672E

monochromatic

#123C3D #206A6C #2E999B #40C4C6 #6FD2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#2E999B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2E999B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E999B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E999B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E999B	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e999b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.094 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b7b8',
    500: '#2e999b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e999b;
$custom-light: #78b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e999b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.101,
    "s": 54.229,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62525,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E999B

secondary

#BC6B69

accent

#4D4ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E999B

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

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