#2E9F9B#2E9F9B

#2E9F9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.098 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E9F9B
RGB	rgb(46, 159, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -31.51, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 32.28, 192.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.096 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.098 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4385, 27.7414, 35.3341)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E9F9B #9F2E32

analogous

#2E9F62 #2E9F9B #2E6A9F

triadic

#2E9F9B #9B2E9F #9F9B2E

tetradic

#2E9F9B #622E9F #9F2E32 #6A9F2E

square

#2E9F9B #622E9F #9F2E32 #6A9F2E

split-complementary

#2E9F9B #9F2E6A #9F622E

monochromatic

#13403E #20706D #2E9F9B #42C8C4 #71D6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#2E9F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#2E9F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E9F9B

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E9F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E9F9B	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e9f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 159, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.098 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcb8',
    500: '#2e9f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e9f9b;
$custom-light: #78bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e9f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.876,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64048,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E9F9B

secondary

#BE6B6E

accent

#494FDE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E9F9B

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

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