#2ABC9C#2ABC9C

#2ABC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2ABC9C
RGB	rgb(42, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(167, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -44.77, 5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 45.12, 172.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.1263 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.127 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9357, 38.8559, 37.6318)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2ABC9C #BC2A4A

analogous

#2ABC53 #2ABC9C #2A93BC

triadic

#2ABC9C #9C2ABC #BC9C2A

tetradic

#2ABC9C #532ABC #BC2A4A #93BC2A

square

#2ABC9C #532ABC #BC2A4A #93BC2A

split-complementary

#2ABC9C #BC2A93 #BC532A

monochromatic

#145849 #1F8A72 #2ABC9C #4CD7B9 #7EE2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#2ABC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#2ABC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2ABC9C

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2ABC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2ABC9C	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AF9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2abc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1b9',
    500: '#2abc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2abc9c;
$custom-light: #7cd1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2abc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.849,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71374,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2ABC9C

secondary

#CB7789

accent

#4166E7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2ABC9C

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

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