#2E9EA0#2E9EA0

#2E9EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.097 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9EA0
RGB	rgb(46, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.50, -29.54, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.50, 31.21, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0927 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.097 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6959, 27.5703, 37.5345)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9EA0 #A0302E

analogous

#2EA069 #2E9EA0 #2E65A0

triadic

#2E9EA0 #A02E9E #9EA02E

tetradic

#2E9EA0 #692EA0 #A0302E #65A02E

square

#2E9EA0 #692EA0 #A0302E #65A02E

split-complementary

#2E9EA0 #A02E65 #A0692E

monochromatic

#134041 #206F70 #2E9EA0 #42C6C9 #72D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#2E9EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#2E9EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9EA0

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9EA0	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.097 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbbc',
    500: '#2e9ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9ea0;
$custom-light: #79bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63973,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9EA0

secondary

#BE6D6C

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9EA0

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

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