#2E9D9E#2E9D9E

#2E9D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.096 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9D9E
RGB	rgb(46, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, -29.66, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 31.14, 197.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0926 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.096 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3525, 27.1611, 36.5638)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9D9E #9E2F2E

analogous

#2E9E67 #2E9D9E #2E659E

triadic

#2E9D9E #9E2E9D #9D9E2E

tetradic

#2E9D9E #672E9E #9E2F2E #659E2E

square

#2E9D9E #672E9E #9E2F2E #659E2E

split-complementary

#2E9D9E #9E2E65 #9E672E

monochromatic

#123F3F #206E6F #2E9D9E #41C7C8 #71D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#2E9D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#2E9D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9D9E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9D9E	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.096 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79baba',
    500: '#2e9d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9d9e;
$custom-light: #79baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.536,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63648,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9D9E

secondary

#BD6B6B

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9D9E

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

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