#2AB5B9#2AB5B9

#2AB5B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5B9
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 185)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 2.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -33.54, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 35.75, 200.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.1061 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.112 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2317, 37.0395, 51.6564)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5B9 #B92E2A

analogous

#2AB975 #2AB5B9 #2A6EB9

triadic

#2AB5B9 #B92AB5 #B5B92A

tetradic

#2AB5B9 #752AB9 #B92E2A #6EB92A

square

#2AB5B9 #752AB9 #B92E2A #6EB92A

split-complementary

#2AB5B9 #B92A6E #B9752A

monochromatic

#135355 #1F8487 #2AB5B9 #4AD2D6 #7CDEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#2AB5B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#2AB5B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5B9

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5B9	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbce',
    500: '#2ab5b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5b9;
$custom-light: #7dcbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.678,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70551,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5B9

secondary

#CA7875

accent

#4642E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5B9

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

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