#2AB8AE#2AB8AE

#2AB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.115 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB8AE
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(176, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, -38.15, -5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 38.53, 188.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.114 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.115 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7317, 37.8260, 45.9812)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB8AE #B82A34

analogous

#2AB867 #2AB8AE #2A7BB8

triadic

#2AB8AE #AE2AB8 #B8AE2A

tetradic

#2AB8AE #672AB8 #B82A34 #7BB82A

square

#2AB8AE #672AB8 #B82A34 #7BB82A

split-complementary

#2AB8AE #B82A7B #B8672A

monochromatic

#135450 #1F867F #2AB8AE #4AD6CC #7BE1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#2AB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#2AB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8AE

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB8AE	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.115 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcec6',
    500: '#2ab8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab8ae;
$custom-light: #7dcec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.775,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70916,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB8AE

secondary

#C9757B

accent

#424DE6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB8AE

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

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