#2AB5B7#2AB5B7

#2AB5B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.112 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5B7
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 183)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 1.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -34.14, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 35.98, 198.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.107 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.112 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0220, 36.9557, 50.5522)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5B7 #B72C2A

analogous

#2AB773 #2AB5B7 #2A6FB7

triadic

#2AB5B7 #B72AB5 #B5B72A

tetradic

#2AB5B7 #732AB7 #B72C2A #6FB72A

square

#2AB5B7 #732AB7 #B72C2A #6FB72A

split-complementary

#2AB5B7 #B72A6F #B7732A

monochromatic

#135353 #1F8485 #2AB5B7 #49D3D5 #7BDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#2AB5B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#2AB5B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5B7

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5B7	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.112 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcc',
    500: '#2ab5b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5b7;
$custom-light: #7dcbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70479,
    "c": 0.11158,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5B7

secondary

#C97574

accent

#4442E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5B7

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

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