#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
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -40.39, -1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 40.41, 181.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.1177 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.118 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9749, 37.5233, 41.9954)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##2AB8A6	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #2AB8A6

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

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