#2AB5B4#2AB5B4

#2AB5B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5B4
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 180)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -35.03, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 36.38, 195.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.1084 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.112 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7131, 36.8321, 48.9253)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5B4 #B52A2B

analogous

#2AB56E #2AB5B4 #2A70B5

triadic

#2AB5B4 #B42AB5 #B5B42A

tetradic

#2AB5B4 #6E2AB5 #B52A2B #70B52A

square

#2AB5B4 #6E2AB5 #B52A2B #70B52A

split-complementary

#2AB5B4 #B52A70 #B56E2A

monochromatic

#135251 #1E8383 #2AB5B4 #48D4D3 #79E0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#2AB5B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#2AB5B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5B4

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5B4	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbca',
    500: '#2ab5b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5b4;
$custom-light: #7dcbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.568,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70372,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5B4

secondary

#C87373

accent

#4244E5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5B4

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

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