#2AB5CA#2AB5CA

#2AB5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB5CA
RGB	rgb(42, 181, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -28.30, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 35.16, 216.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.099 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.115 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1347, 37.8007, 61.6791)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB5CA #CA3F2A

analogous

#2ACA8F #2AB5CA #2A65CA

triadic

#2AB5CA #CA2AB5 #B5CA2A

tetradic

#2AB5CA #8F2ACA #CA3F2A #65CA2A

square

#2AB5CA #8F2ACA #CA3F2A #65CA2A

split-complementary

#2AB5CA #CA2A65 #CA8F2A

monochromatic

#155A65 #1F8897 #2AB5CA #55CADC #88DAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#2AB5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#2AB5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB5CA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB5CA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 181, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcbda',
    500: '#2ab5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab5ca;
$custom-light: #7fcbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.875,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71198,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB5CA

secondary

#D08A80

accent

#553FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB5CA

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

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