#2e9c8f

Color #2e9c8f

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 9.43 Nearest Tailwind class teal-600 #009689 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#2e9c8f

RGB

rgb(46, 156, 143)

HSL

hsl(172.9, 54.5%, 39.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(172.9, 70.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)

LAB

lab(58.36, -33.53, -2.11)

LCH

lch(58.36, 33.6, 183.6)

OKLCH

oklch(62.9%, 0.0987, 183.6)

HWB

hwb(172.9, 18%, 38.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9c2e3b

Analogous

#2e9c58

#2e9c8f

#2e729c

Triadic

#2e9c8f

#8f2e9c

#9c8f2e

Split-complementary

#2e9c8f

#9c2e72

#9c582e

Tetradic

#2e9c8f

#2e3b9c

#9c2e3b

#9c8f2e

Square

#2e9c8f

#582e9c

#9c2e3b

#729c2e

Shades

Color #2e9c8f mixed toward black.

#268277

#1f685f

#174e47

#0f3430

#081a18

Tints

Color #2e9c8f mixed toward white.

#3ac4b3

#60d0c3

#88dcd2

#b0e8e1

#d7f3f0

Tones

Color #2e9c8f mixed toward gray.

#379388

#408a81

#49807a

#537773

#5c6e6c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.35:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.27:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.27:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#6f7092 · ΔE 30.4

Deuteranopia

#696193 · ΔE 35.4

Tritanopia

#3a9595 · ΔE 5.7

Achromatopsia

#8c8c8c · ΔE 22.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #2e9c8f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2e9c8f]

Related colors

Turquoise #40e0d0

Light Sea Green #20b2aa

Medium Turquoise #48d1cc

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2e9c8f (#2e9c8f) is rgb(46, 156, 143) in RGB.

No, #2e9c8f is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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