#2AB8A8#2AB8A8

#2AB8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB8A8
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(173, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(173, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -39.83, -2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 39.90, 183.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.1167 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.117 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1598, 37.5973, 42.9692)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB8A8 #B82A3A

analogous

#2AB861 #2AB8A8 #2A81B8

triadic

#2AB8A8 #A82AB8 #B8A82A

tetradic

#2AB8A8 #612AB8 #B82A3A #81B82A

square

#2AB8A8 #612AB8 #B82A3A #81B82A

split-complementary

#2AB8A8 #B82A81 #B8612A

monochromatic

#13544D #1F867B #2AB8A8 #4AD6C6 #7BE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#2AB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#2AB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8A8

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB8A8	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccec1',
    500: '#2ab8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab8a8;
$custom-light: #7ccec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.239,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70722,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB8A8

secondary

#C9757E

accent

#4254E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB8A8

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

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