#2AB4B6#2AB4B6

#2AB4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.111 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB4B6
RGB	rgb(42, 180, 182)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -33.97, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 35.80, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.1065 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.111 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7157, 36.5090, 49.9385)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB4B6 #B62C2A

analogous

#2AB672 #2AB4B6 #2A6EB6

triadic

#2AB4B6 #B62AB4 #B4B62A

tetradic

#2AB4B6 #722AB6 #B62C2A #6EB62A

square

#2AB4B6 #722AB6 #B62C2A #6EB62A

split-complementary

#2AB4B6 #B62A6E #B6722A

monochromatic

#135253 #1F8384 #2AB4B6 #48D3D5 #7ADFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#2AB4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#2AB4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB4B6

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB4B6	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 180, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.111 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcb',
    500: '#2ab4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab4b6;
$custom-light: #7dcbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70195,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB4B6

secondary

#C87573

accent

#4542E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB4B6

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

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