#2AB5A9#2AB5A9

#2AB5A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5A9
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 169)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(175, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 6.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -38.21, -4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 38.44, 186.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.1133 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.114 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6367, 36.4015, 43.2562)
Luminance	0.3640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5A9 #B52A36

analogous

#2AB563 #2AB5A9 #2A7BB5

triadic

#2AB5A9 #A92AB5 #B5A92A

tetradic

#2AB5A9 #632AB5 #B52A36 #7BB52A

square

#2AB5A9 #632AB5 #B52A36 #7BB52A

split-complementary

#2AB5A9 #B52A7B #B5632A

monochromatic

#13524C #1E837B #2AB5A9 #48D4C8 #79E0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#2AB5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#2AB5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5A9

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5A9	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccc2',
    500: '#2ab5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5a9;
$custom-light: #7cccc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.82,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5A9

secondary

#C8737A

accent

#4250E5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5A9

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

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