#2AB5A8#2AB5A8

#2AB5A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AB5A8
RGBrgb(42, 181, 168)
HSLhsl(174, 62%, 44%)
HSVhsv(174, 77%, 71%)
CMYKcmyk(76.8%, 0%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LABlab(66.80, -38.49, -3.71)
CIE-LCHlch(66.80, 38.67, 185.51°)
OKLaboklab(69.97% -0.1138 -0.0107)
OKLCHoklch(69.97% 0.114 185.4)
XYZxyz(24.5432, 36.3641, 42.7636)
Luminance0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AB5A8 #B52A37
analogous
#2AB562 #2AB5A8 #2A7CB5
triadic
#2AB5A8 #A82AB5 #B5A82A
tetradic
#2AB5A8 #622AB5 #B52A37 #7CB52A
square
#2AB5A8 #622AB5 #B52A37 #7CB52A
split-complementary
#2AB5A8 #B52A7C #B5622A
monochromatic
#13524C #1E837A #2AB5A8 #48D4C7 #79E0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54
#2AB5A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27
#2AB5A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5A8
8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AB5A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AB5A81.002.548.278.27
#FFFFFF2.541.0021.0021.00
#0000008.2721.001.001.00
##0000008.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABABA8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#999DA9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B9B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2ab5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 185.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccc1',
    500: '#2ab5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2ab5a8;
$custom-light: #7cccc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2ab5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.388,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69967,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AB5A8
secondary
#C8737B
accent
#4252E5
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#EFF9F7
border
#CAD2D0
text
#0B1312
muted
#7C8281

Preview Lab

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#2AB5A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva