#2AB6B9#2AB6B9

#2AB6B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.112 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB6B9
RGB	rgb(42, 182, 185)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -34.02, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 36.04, 199.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.1071 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.112 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4357, 37.4476, 51.7244)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB6B9 #B92D2A

analogous

#2AB975 #2AB6B9 #2A6EB9

triadic

#2AB6B9 #B92AB6 #B6B92A

tetradic

#2AB6B9 #752AB9 #B92D2A #6EB92A

square

#2AB6B9 #752AB9 #B92D2A #6EB92A

split-complementary

#2AB6B9 #B92A6E #B9752A

monochromatic

#135455 #1F8587 #2AB6B9 #4AD3D6 #7CDFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#2AB6B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#2AB6B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB6B9

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB6B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB6B9	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab6b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 182, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.112 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dccce',
    500: '#2ab6b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab6b9;
$custom-light: #7dccce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab6b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.259,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70798,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB6B9

secondary

#CA7775

accent

#4542E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB6B9

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

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