#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
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 168)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 7.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.80, -38.49, -3.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.80, 38.67, 185.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.1138 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.114 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5432, 36.3641, 42.7636)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##2AB5A8	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #2AB5A8

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

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