#2AB9A7#2AB9A7

#2AB9A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB9A7
RGB	rgb(42, 185, 167)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -40.55, -1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 40.58, 181.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.1182 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.118 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2754, 37.9771, 42.5499)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB9A7 #B92A3C

analogous

#2AB960 #2AB9A7 #2A83B9

triadic

#2AB9A7 #A72AB9 #B9A72A

tetradic

#2AB9A7 #602AB9 #B92A3C #83B92A

square

#2AB9A7 #602AB9 #B92A3C #83B92A

split-complementary

#2AB9A7 #B92A83 #B9602A

monochromatic

#13554D #1F877A #2AB9A7 #4AD6C4 #7CE1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#2AB9A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#2AB9A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB9A7

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB9A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB9A7	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab9a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 185, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccfc1',
    500: '#2ab9a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab9a7;
$custom-light: #7ccfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab9a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.448,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70942,
    "c": 0.11828,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB9A7

secondary

#CA7580

accent

#4256E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB9A7

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

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