#2AB2B8#2AB2B8

#2AB2B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.110 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB2B8
RGB	rgb(42, 178, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 3.3%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -32.42, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 35.01, 202.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.1037 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.11 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5230, 35.7906, 50.9012)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB2B8 #B8302A

analogous

#2AB877 #2AB2B8 #2A6BB8

triadic

#2AB2B8 #B82AB2 #B2B82A

tetradic

#2AB2B8 #772AB8 #B8302A #6BB82A

square

#2AB2B8 #772AB8 #B8302A #6BB82A

split-complementary

#2AB2B8 #B82A6B #B8772A

monochromatic

#135254 #1F8286 #2AB2B8 #4AD0D6 #7BDDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#2AB2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#2AB2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB2B8

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB2B8	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 178, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.110 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc9cd',
    500: '#2ab2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab2b8;
$custom-light: #7dc9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69772,
    "c": 0.10998,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB2B8

secondary

#C97875

accent

#4942E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB2B8

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

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