#2E999E#2E999E

#2E999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.094 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E999E
RGB	rgb(46, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -27.69, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 29.93, 202.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0884 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.094 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6868, 25.8298, 36.3419)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E999E #9E332E

analogous

#2E9E6B #2E999E #2E619E

triadic

#2E999E #9E2E99 #999E2E

tetradic

#2E999E #6B2E9E #9E332E #619E2E

square

#2E999E #6B2E9E #9E332E #619E2E

split-complementary

#2E999E #9E2E61 #9E6B2E

monochromatic

#123D3F #206B6F #2E999E #41C2C8 #71D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2E999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#2E999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E999E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E999E	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.094 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b7ba',
    500: '#2e999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e999e;
$custom-light: #78b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.679,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62636,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E999E

secondary

#BD6E6B

accent

#504ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E999E

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

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