#2AB4B8#2AB4B8

#2AB4B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB4B8
RGB	rgb(42, 180, 184)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -33.37, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 35.57, 200.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.1056 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.111 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9239, 36.5922, 51.0348)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB4B8 #B82E2A

analogous

#2AB875 #2AB4B8 #2A6DB8

triadic

#2AB4B8 #B82AB4 #B4B82A

tetradic

#2AB4B8 #752AB8 #B82E2A #6DB82A

square

#2AB4B8 #752AB8 #B82E2A #6DB82A

split-complementary

#2AB4B8 #B82A6D #B8752A

monochromatic

#135354 #1F8386 #2AB4B8 #4AD2D6 #7BDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#2AB4B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#2AB4B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB4B8

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB4B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB4B8	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab4b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 180, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcd',
    500: '#2ab4b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab4b8;
$custom-light: #7dcbcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab4b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.69,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70267,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB4B8

secondary

#C97775

accent

#4742E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB4B8

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

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