#2AB8D0#2AB8D0

#2AB8D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB8D0
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -27.88, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 35.81, 218.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0994 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.117 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4755, 39.3236, 65.6990)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB8D0 #D0422A

analogous

#2AD095 #2AB8D0 #2A65D0

triadic

#2AB8D0 #D02AB8 #B8D02A

tetradic

#2AB8D0 #952AD0 #D0422A #65D02A

square

#2AB8D0 #952AD0 #D0422A #65D02A

split-complementary

#2AB8D0 #D02A65 #D0952A

monochromatic

#155E6A #208B9D #2AB8D0 #5ACBDE #8DDBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#2AB8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#2AB8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8D0

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB8D0	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B1D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80cdde',
    500: '#2ab8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab8d0;
$custom-light: #80cdde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.675,
    "s": 66.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72165,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB8D0

secondary

#D28F84

accent

#573EE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB8D0

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

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