#2AB8C5#2AB8C5

#2AB8C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.114 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB8C5
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 6.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -31.32, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 35.64, 208.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.1039 -0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.114 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1689, 38.8009, 58.8172)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB8C5 #C5372A

analogous

#2AC585 #2AB8C5 #2A6BC5

triadic

#2AB8C5 #C52AB8 #B8C52A

tetradic

#2AB8C5 #852AC5 #C5372A #6BC52A

square

#2AB8C5 #852AC5 #C5372A #6BC52A

split-complementary

#2AB8C5 #C52A6B #C5852A

monochromatic

#145A60 #1F8993 #2AB8C5 #52CFDA #85DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2AB8C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#2AB8C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8C5

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB8C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB8C5	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab8c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.114 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fcdd6',
    500: '#2ab8c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab8c5;
$custom-light: #7fcdd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab8c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.032,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71734,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB8C5

secondary

#CE847D

accent

#4E40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB8C5

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

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