#2E9CAA#2E9CAA

#2E9CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.097 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9CAA
RGB	rgb(46, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -25.47, -16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 30.17, 212.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0863 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.097 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.2677, 27.2577, 42.2155)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9CAA #AA3C2E

analogous

#2EAA7A #2E9CAA #2E5EAA

triadic

#2E9CAA #AA2E9C #9CAA2E

tetradic

#2E9CAA #7A2EAA #AA3C2E #5EAA2E

square

#2E9CAA #7A2EAA #AA3C2E #5EAA2E

split-complementary

#2E9CAA #AA2E5E #AA7A2E

monochromatic

#14444A #21707A #2E9CAA #48BECD #78CFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#2E9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#2E9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9CAA

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9CAA	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.097 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9c3',
    500: '#2e9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9caa;
$custom-light: #7ab9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63852,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9CAA

secondary

#C37A71

accent

#5847E1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9CAA

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

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