#2E9E8B#2E9E8B

#2E9E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9E8B
RGB	rgb(46, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -35.56, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 35.57, 178.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.1025 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.102 179)
XYZ	xyz(18.0115, 26.8966, 28.6634)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9E8B #9E2E41

analogous

#2E9E53 #2E9E8B #2E799E

triadic

#2E9E8B #8B2E9E #9E8B2E

tetradic

#2E9E8B #532E9E #9E2E41 #799E2E

square

#2E9E8B #532E9E #9E2E41 #799E2E

split-complementary

#2E9E8B #9E2E79 #9E532E

monochromatic

#123F38 #206F61 #2E9E8B #41C8B1 #71D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#2E9E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#2E9E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9E8B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9E8B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbac',
    500: '#2e9e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9e8b;
$custom-light: #77bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.821,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.26899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9E8B

secondary

#BD6B79

accent

#4A63DE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9E8B

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

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