#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
RGBrgb(42, 184, 182)
HSLhsl(179, 63%, 44%)
HSVhsv(179, 77%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(77.2%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.13, -35.84, -9.47)
CIE-LCHlch(68.13, 37.07, 194.80°)
OKLaboklab(71.19% -0.1104 -0.0264)
OKLCHoklch(71.19% 0.114 193.4)
XYZxyz(26.5349, 38.1473, 50.2116)
Luminance0.3815 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##2AB8B61.002.438.638.63
#FFFFFF2.431.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6321.001.001.00
##0000008.6321.001.001.00

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

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#2AB8B6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva