#2AB8A4#2AB8A4

#2AB8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB8A4
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -40.93, -0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 40.93, 180.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.1186 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.119 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7928, 37.4505, 41.0367)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB8A4 #B82A3E

analogous

#2AB85D #2AB8A4 #2A85B8

triadic

#2AB8A4 #A42AB8 #B8A42A

tetradic

#2AB8A4 #5D2AB8 #B82A3E #85B82A

square

#2AB8A4 #5D2AB8 #B82A3E #85B82A

split-complementary

#2AB8A4 #B82A85 #B85D2A

monochromatic

#13544B #1F8678 #2AB8A4 #4AD6C2 #7BE1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#2AB8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#2AB8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8A4

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB8A4	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)

#B0ADA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccebe',
    500: '#2ab8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab8a4;
$custom-light: #7ccebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.549,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB8A4

secondary

#C97581

accent

#4259E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB8A4

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

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