#2AAC9C#2AAC9C

#2AAC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.110 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AAC9C
RGB	rgb(42, 172, 156)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(173, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 9.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -37.78, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 37.81, 182.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.1104 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.11 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7052, 32.3950, 36.5549)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AAC9C #AC2A3A

analogous

#2AAC5B #2AAC9C #2A7BAC

triadic

#2AAC9C #9C2AAC #AC9C2A

tetradic

#2AAC9C #5B2AAC #AC2A3A #7BAC2A

square

#2AAC9C #5B2AAC #AC2A3A #7BAC2A

split-complementary

#2AAC9C #AC2A7B #AC5B2A

monochromatic

#124A43 #1E7B6F #2AAC9C #42D1BF #73DDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#2AAC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#2AAC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AAC9C

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AAC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AAC9C	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A29B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aac9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 172, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.110 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c5b9',
    500: '#2aac9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aac9c;
$custom-light: #79c5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aac9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.615,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67303,
    "c": 0.11049,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AAC9C

secondary

#C46D78

accent

#4458E4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AAC9C

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

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