#2AB9BA#2AB9BA

#2AB9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.114 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB9BA
RGB	rgb(42, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -35.13, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 36.82, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1096 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.114 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1626, 38.7320, 52.4893)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB9BA #BA2B2A

analogous

#2ABA73 #2AB9BA #2A71BA

triadic

#2AB9BA #BA2AB9 #B9BA2A

tetradic

#2AB9BA #732ABA #BA2B2A #71BA2A

square

#2AB9BA #732ABA #BA2B2A #71BA2A

split-complementary

#2AB9BA #BA2A71 #BA732A

monochromatic

#135656 #1F8788 #2AB9BA #4BD5D6 #7DE1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#2AB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#2AB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB9BA

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB9BA	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.114 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecece',
    500: '#2ab9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab9ba;
$custom-light: #7ecece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.417,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71576,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB9BA

secondary

#CA7676

accent

#4342E6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB9BA

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

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