#2AB9A9#2AB9A9

#2AB9A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AB9A9
RGBrgb(42, 185, 169)
HSLhsl(173, 63%, 45%)
HSVhsv(173, 77%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(77.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(68.06, -40.00, -2.41)
CIE-LCHlch(68.06, 40.07, 183.44°)
OKLaboklab(71.01% -0.1173 -0.0071)
OKLCHoklch(71.01% 0.117 183.5)
XYZxyz(25.4617, 38.0516, 43.5312)
Luminance0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AB9A9 #B92A3A
analogous
#2AB962 #2AB9A9 #2A81B9
triadic
#2AB9A9 #A92AB9 #B9A92A
tetradic
#2AB9A9 #622AB9 #B92A3A #81B92A
square
#2AB9A9 #622AB9 #B92A3A #81B92A
split-complementary
#2AB9A9 #B92A81 #B9622A
monochromatic
#13554E #1F877B #2AB9A9 #4AD6C6 #7CE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44
#2AB9A9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61
#2AB9A9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB9A9
8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AB9A9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AB9A91.002.448.618.61
#FFFFFF2.441.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6121.001.001.00
##0000008.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0AEA8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9DA0AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BDB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2ab9a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 185, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 183.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccfc2',
    500: '#2ab9a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2ab9a9;
$custom-light: #7ccfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2ab9a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.287,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AB9A9
secondary
#CA757F
accent
#4254E6
background
#F8FCFB
surface
#EFF9F7
border
#CAD2D0
text
#0B1412
muted
#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB9A9

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#2AB9A9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva