#2AB8B6#2AB8B6

#2AB8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.114 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB8B6
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 182)
HSL	hsl(179, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.13, -35.84, -9.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.13, 37.07, 194.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.1104 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.114 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5349, 38.1473, 50.2116)
Luminance	0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB8B6 #B82A2C

analogous

#2AB86F #2AB8B6 #2A73B8

triadic

#2AB8B6 #B62AB8 #B8B62A

tetradic

#2AB8B6 #6F2AB8 #B82A2C #73B82A

square

#2AB8B6 #6F2AB8 #B82A2C #73B82A

split-complementary

#2AB8B6 #B82A73 #B86F2A

monochromatic

#135453 #1F8685 #2AB8B6 #4AD6D4 #7BE1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#2AB8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#2AB8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8B6

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB8B6	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAEB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A0B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.114 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcecb',
    500: '#2ab8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab8b6;
$custom-light: #7dcecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71188,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB8B6

secondary

#C97576

accent

#4244E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB8B6

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

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