#2AB9C9#2AB9C9

#2AB9C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AB9C9
RGBrgb(42, 185, 201)
HSLhsl(186, 65%, 48%)
HSVhsv(186, 79%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(79.1%, 8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.04, -30.57, -18.55)
CIE-LCHlch(69.04, 35.76, 211.25°)
OKLaboklab(72.13% -0.1032 -0.0516)
OKLCHoklch(72.13% 0.115 206.6)
XYZxyz(28.8417, 39.4036, 61.3326)
Luminance0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AB9C9 #C93A2A
analogous
#2AC98A #2AB9C9 #2A69C9
triadic
#2AB9C9 #C92AB9 #B9C92A
tetradic
#2AB9C9 #8A2AC9 #C93A2A #69C92A
square
#2AB9C9 #8A2AC9 #C93A2A #69C92A
split-complementary
#2AB9C9 #C92A69 #C98A2A
monochromatic
#155C64 #1F8A96 #2AB9C9 #55CEDB #87DCE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36
#2AB9C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88
#2AB9C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB9C9
8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AB9C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AB9C91.002.368.888.88
#FFFFFF2.361.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8821.001.001.00
##0000008.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A9B1CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93A2C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2ab9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 185, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 206.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80ced9',
    500: '#2ab9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2ab9c9;
$custom-light: #80ced9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2ab9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.038,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72131,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AB9C9
secondary
#D0877F
accent
#503FE8
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#2AB9C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva