#2E9E8A#2E9E8A

#2E9E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9E8A
RGB	rgb(46, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -35.83, 1.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 35.86, 177.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.1029 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.103 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9388, 26.8675, 28.2803)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9E8A #9E2E42

analogous

#2E9E52 #2E9E8A #2E7A9E

triadic

#2E9E8A #8A2E9E #9E8A2E

tetradic

#2E9E8A #522E9E #9E2E42 #7A9E2E

square

#2E9E8A #522E9E #9E2E42 #7A9E2E

split-complementary

#2E9E8A #9E2E7A #9E522E

monochromatic

#123F37 #206F61 #2E9E8A #41C8B0 #71D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2E9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#2E9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9E8A

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9E8A	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbac',
    500: '#2e9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9e8a;
$custom-light: #77bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.286,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63232,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9E8A

secondary

#BD6B79

accent

#4A64DE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9E8A

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

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