#2AC3CD#2AC3CD

#2AC3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.120 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AC3CD
RGB	rgb(42, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(184, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -34.13, -15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 37.69, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.111 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.12 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4844, 43.9263, 64.5650)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AC3CD #CD342A

analogous

#2ACD85 #2AC3CD #2A71CD

triadic

#2AC3CD #CD2AC3 #C3CD2A

tetradic

#2AC3CD #852ACD #CD342A #71CD2A

square

#2AC3CD #852ACD #CD342A #71CD2A

split-complementary

#2AC3CD #CD2A71 #CD852A

monochromatic

#156267 #20939A #2AC3CD #58D5DD #8AE1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#2AC3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#2AC3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC3CD

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AC3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AC3CD	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ac3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.120 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d5dc',
    500: '#2ac3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ac3cd;
$custom-light: #81d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ac3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.681,
    "s": 65.992,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74716,
    "c": 0.11956,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AC3CD

secondary

#D18782

accent

#493FE9

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AC3CD

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

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