#2AB9C5#2AB9C5

#2AB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB9C5
RGB	rgb(42, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -31.81, -16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 35.86, 207.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.1048 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.115 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3773, 39.2178, 58.8867)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB9C5 #C5362A

analogous

#2AC584 #2AB9C5 #2A6CC5

triadic

#2AB9C5 #C52AB9 #B9C52A

tetradic

#2AB9C5 #842AC5 #C5362A #6CC52A

square

#2AB9C5 #842AC5 #C5362A #6CC52A

split-complementary

#2AB9C5 #C52A6C #C5842A

monochromatic

#145A60 #1F8A93 #2AB9C5 #52D0DA #85DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#2AB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#2AB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB9C5

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB9C5	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A2C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fced6',
    500: '#2ab9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab9c5;
$custom-light: #7fced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.645,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71978,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB9C5

secondary

#CE837D

accent

#4D40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB9C5

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

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