#2AB5B6#2AB5B6

#2AB5B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.112 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5B6
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 182)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -34.44, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 36.10, 197.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.1075 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.112 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9183, 36.9142, 50.0060)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5B6 #B62B2A

analogous

#2AB671 #2AB5B6 #2A6FB6

triadic

#2AB5B6 #B62AB5 #B5B62A

tetradic

#2AB5B6 #712AB6 #B62B2A #6FB62A

square

#2AB5B6 #712AB6 #B62B2A #6FB62A

split-complementary

#2AB5B6 #B62A6F #B6712A

monochromatic

#135253 #1F8484 #2AB5B6 #48D4D5 #7AE0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#2AB5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#2AB5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5B6

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5B6	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959DB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.112 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcb',
    500: '#2ab5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5b6;
$custom-light: #7dcbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70443,
    "c": 0.11162,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5B6

secondary

#C87473

accent

#4342E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5B6

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

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