#2AB4B9#2AB4B9

#2AB4B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.111 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB4B9
RGB	rgb(42, 180, 185)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -33.07, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 35.46, 201.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.1052 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.111 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0291, 36.6343, 51.5888)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB4B9 #B92F2A

analogous

#2AB977 #2AB4B9 #2A6DB9

triadic

#2AB4B9 #B92AB4 #B4B92A

tetradic

#2AB4B9 #772AB9 #B92F2A #6DB92A

square

#2AB4B9 #772AB9 #B92F2A #6DB92A

split-complementary

#2AB4B9 #B92A6D #B9772A

monochromatic

#135355 #1F8387 #2AB4B9 #4AD1D6 #7CDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#2AB4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#2AB4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB4B9

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB4B9	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ABBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 180, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.111 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbce',
    500: '#2ab4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab4b9;
$custom-light: #7dcbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.098,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70303,
    "c": 0.11104,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB4B9

secondary

#CA7875

accent

#4842E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB4B9

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

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