#2AB8B4#2AB8B4

#2AB8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB8B4
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 180)
HSL	hsl(178, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -36.42, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 37.39, 193.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.1113 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.114 192)
XYZ	xyz(26.3297, 38.0652, 49.1308)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB8B4 #B82A2E

analogous

#2AB86D #2AB8B4 #2A75B8

triadic

#2AB8B4 #B42AB8 #B8B42A

tetradic

#2AB8B4 #6D2AB8 #B82A2E #75B82A

square

#2AB8B4 #6D2AB8 #B82A2E #75B82A

split-complementary

#2AB8B4 #B82A75 #B86D2A

monochromatic

#135453 #1F8683 #2AB8B4 #4AD6D2 #7BE1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2AB8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#2AB8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8B4

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB8B4	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dceca',
    500: '#2ab8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab8b4;
$custom-light: #7dceca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.31,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71119,
    "c": 0.11376,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.38069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB8B4

secondary

#C97577

accent

#4247E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB8B4

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

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