#2ABC9F#2ABC9F

#2ABC9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2ABC9F
RGB	rgb(42, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -44.00, 4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 44.18, 174.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.1249 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.125 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1928, 38.9588, 38.9862)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2ABC9F #BC2A47

analogous

#2ABC56 #2ABC9F #2A90BC

triadic

#2ABC9F #9F2ABC #BC9F2A

tetradic

#2ABC9F #562ABC #BC2A47 #90BC2A

square

#2ABC9F #562ABC #BC2A47 #90BC2A

split-complementary

#2ABC9F #BC2A90 #BC562A

monochromatic

#14584A #1F8A75 #2ABC9F #4CD7BB #7EE2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#2ABC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#2ABC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2ABC9F

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2ABC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2ABC9F	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2abc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd1bb',
    500: '#2abc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2abc9f;
$custom-light: #7cd1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2abc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.082,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71459,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2ABC9F

secondary

#CB7788

accent

#4162E7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1411

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2ABC9F

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

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