#2AB9AC#2AB9AC

#2AB9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB9AC
RGB	rgb(42, 185, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -39.17, -3.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 39.36, 185.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.1159 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.116 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7466, 38.1655, 45.0315)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB9AC #B92A37

analogous

#2AB964 #2AB9AC #2A7FB9

triadic

#2AB9AC #AC2AB9 #B9AC2A

tetradic

#2AB9AC #642AB9 #B92A37 #7FB92A

square

#2AB9AC #642AB9 #B92A37 #7FB92A

split-complementary

#2AB9AC #B92A7F #B9642A

monochromatic

#13554F #1F877E #2AB9AC #4AD6C9 #7CE1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#2AB9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#2AB9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB9AC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB9AC	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 185, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcfc4',
    500: '#2ab9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab9ac;
$custom-light: #7dcfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71101,
    "c": 0.11644,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB9AC

secondary

#CA757D

accent

#4251E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF9F8

border

#CAD2D1

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB9AC

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

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