#2AB8A6#2AB8A6

#2AB8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AB8A6
RGBrgb(42, 184, 166)
HSLhsl(172, 63%, 44%)
HSVhsv(172, 77%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(77.2%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.67, -40.39, -1.33)
CIE-LCHlch(67.67, 40.41, 181.88°)
OKLaboklab(70.66% -0.1177 -0.0042)
OKLCHoklch(70.66% 0.118 182.1)
XYZxyz(24.9749, 37.5233, 41.9954)
Luminance0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AB8A6 #B82A3C
analogous
#2AB85F #2AB8A6 #2A83B8
triadic
#2AB8A6 #A62AB8 #B8A62A
tetradic
#2AB8A6 #5F2AB8 #B82A3C #83B82A
square
#2AB8A6 #5F2AB8 #B82A3C #83B82A
split-complementary
#2AB8A6 #B82A83 #B85F2A
monochromatic
#13544C #1F8679 #2AB8A6 #4AD6C4 #7BE1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#2AB8A6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51
#2AB8A6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8A6
8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AB8A6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AB8A61.002.478.518.51
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5121.001.001.00
##0000008.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AFADA5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9C9FA8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2ab8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 182.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccec0',
    500: '#2ab8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2ab8a6;
$custom-light: #7ccec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2ab8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.394,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70659,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AB8A6
secondary
#C9757F
accent
#4257E6
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#EFF9F7
border
#CAD2D0
text
#0B1412
muted
#7C8281

Preview Lab

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#2AB8A6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva