#2E9A99#2E9A99

#2E9A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.095 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9A99
RGB	rgb(46, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -29.69, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 30.82, 195.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0917 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.095 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4295, 25.9898, 34.1761)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9A99 #9A2E2F

analogous

#2E9A63 #2E9A99 #2E659A

triadic

#2E9A99 #992E9A #9A992E

tetradic

#2E9A99 #632E9A #9A2E2F #659A2E

square

#2E9A99 #632E9A #9A2E2F #659A2E

split-complementary

#2E9A99 #9A2E65 #9A632E

monochromatic

#123C3B #206B6A #2E9A99 #3FC6C5 #6FD4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#2E9A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#2E9A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9A99

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9A99	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.095 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8b7',
    500: '#2e9a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9a99;
$custom-light: #78b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62707,
    "c": 0.09457,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9A99

secondary

#BB6969

accent

#4A4CDD

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9A99

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

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