#2AB5AE#2AB5AE

#2AB5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.113 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5AE
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(177, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -36.78, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 37.40, 190.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.111 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.113 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1151, 36.5929, 45.7757)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5AE #B52A31

analogous

#2AB568 #2AB5AE #2A76B5

triadic

#2AB5AE #AE2AB5 #B5AE2A

tetradic

#2AB5AE #682AB5 #B52A31 #76B52A

square

#2AB5AE #682AB5 #B52A31 #76B52A

split-complementary

#2AB5AE #B52A76 #B5682A

monochromatic

#13524E #1E837E #2AB5AE #48D4CD #79E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#2AB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#2AB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5AE

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5AE	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.113 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cccc6',
    500: '#2ab5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5ae;
$custom-light: #7cccc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.978,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70166,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5AE

secondary

#C87377

accent

#424BE5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5AE

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

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