#2AB5BB#2AB5BB

#2AB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.112 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5BB
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 78%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -32.94, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 35.55, 202.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.1053 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.112 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4443, 37.1246, 52.7761)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5BB #BB302A

analogous

#2ABB79 #2AB5BB #2A6CBB

triadic

#2AB5BB #BB2AB5 #B5BB2A

tetradic

#2AB5BB #792ABB #BB302A #6CBB2A

square

#2AB5BB #792ABB #BB302A #6CBB2A

split-complementary

#2AB5BB #BB2A6C #BB792A

monochromatic

#145457 #1F8589 #2AB5BB #4CD1D7 #7DDEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#2AB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#2AB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5BB

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5BB	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.112 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcbcf',
    500: '#2ab5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5bb;
$custom-light: #7dcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.483,
    "s": 63.319,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70623,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5BB

secondary

#CA7A76

accent

#4841E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5BB

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

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