#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
RGB	rgb(42, 185, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(186, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -30.57, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 35.76, 211.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.1032 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.115 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8417, 39.4036, 61.3326)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##2AB9C9	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #2AB9C9

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

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