#2AB5AC#2AB5AC

#2AB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.113 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5AC
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -37.36, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 37.80, 188.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.1119 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.113 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9216, 36.5155, 44.7564)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5AC #B52A33

analogous

#2AB566 #2AB5AC #2A78B5

triadic

#2AB5AC #AC2AB5 #B5AC2A

tetradic

#2AB5AC #662AB5 #B52A33 #78B52A

square

#2AB5AC #662AB5 #B52A33 #78B52A

split-complementary

#2AB5AC #B52A78 #B5662A

monochromatic

#13524E #1E837D #2AB5AC #48D4CB #79E0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#2AB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#2AB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5AC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5AC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.113 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccc4',
    500: '#2ab5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5ac;
$custom-light: #7cccc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.115,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70099,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5AC

secondary

#C87378

accent

#424DE5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1312

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5AC

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

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