#2AB5C7#2AB5C7

#2AB5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5C7
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 199)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -29.24, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 35.08, 213.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.1002 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.114 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7830, 37.6600, 59.8266)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5C7 #C73C2A

analogous

#2AC78B #2AB5C7 #2A67C7

triadic

#2AB5C7 #C72AB5 #B5C72A

tetradic

#2AB5C7 #8B2AC7 #C73C2A #67C72A

square

#2AB5C7 #8B2AC7 #C73C2A #67C72A

split-complementary

#2AB5C7 #C72A67 #C78B2A

monochromatic

#155962 #1F8794 #2AB5C7 #53CBDB #86DBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#2AB5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#2AB5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5C7

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5C7	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbd8',
    500: '#2ab5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5c7;
$custom-light: #7fcbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.879,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71079,
    "c": 0.1138,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5C7

secondary

#CF877E

accent

#5340E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5C7

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

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