#2E9CA6#2E9CA6

#2E9CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.096 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9CA6
RGB	rgb(46, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -26.72, -14.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 30.22, 207.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.088 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.096 204)
XYZ	xyz(19.8951, 27.1086, 40.2529)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9CA6 #A6382E

analogous

#2EA674 #2E9CA6 #2E60A6

triadic

#2E9CA6 #A62E9C #9CA62E

tetradic

#2E9CA6 #742EA6 #A6382E #60A62E

square

#2E9CA6 #742EA6 #A6382E #60A62E

split-complementary

#2E9CA6 #A62E60 #A6742E

monochromatic

#134246 #216F76 #2E9CA6 #46C0CC #76D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#2E9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#2E9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9CA6

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9CA6	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.096 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c0',
    500: '#2e9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9ca6;
$custom-light: #79b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63696,
    "c": 0.09634,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.27111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9CA6

secondary

#C1766F

accent

#5548E0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9CA6

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

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