#2AB9D3#2AB9D3

#2AB9D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB9D3
RGB	rgb(42, 185, 211)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 12.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -27.42, -23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 36.11, 220.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0991 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.119 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0566, 39.8895, 67.7307)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB9D3 #D3442A

analogous

#2AD399 #2AB9D3 #2A64D3

triadic

#2AB9D3 #D32AB9 #B9D32A

tetradic

#2AB9D3 #992AD3 #D3442A #64D32A

square

#2AB9D3 #992AD3 #D3442A #64D32A

split-complementary

#2AB9D3 #D32A64 #D3992A

monochromatic

#165F6D #208CA0 #2AB9D3 #5CCADE #8FDBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#2AB9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#2AB9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB9D3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB9D3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B3D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A2D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 185, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cee0',
    500: '#2ab9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab9d3;
$custom-light: #81cee0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 66.798,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72528,
    "c": 0.11884,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB9D3

secondary

#D39286

accent

#583EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB9D3

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

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