#2AC5A9#2AC5A9

#2AC5A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.129 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AC5A9
RGBrgb(42, 197, 169)
HSLhsl(169, 65%, 47%)
HSVhsv(169, 79%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(78.7%, 0%, 14.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.75, -45.22, 2.98)
CIE-LCHlch(71.75, 45.32, 176.23°)
OKLaboklab(74.02% -0.129 0.0072)
OKLCHoklch(74.02% 0.129 176.8)
XYZxyz(28.0788, 43.2858, 44.4035)
Luminance0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AC5A9 #C52A46
analogous
#2AC55B #2AC5A9 #2A94C5
triadic
#2AC5A9 #A92AC5 #C5A92A
tetradic
#2AC5A9 #5B2AC5 #C52A46 #94C52A
square
#2AC5A9 #5B2AC5 #C52A46 #94C52A
split-complementary
#2AC5A9 #C52A94 #C55B2A
monochromatic
#146052 #1F937E #2AC5A9 #52DAC2 #85E5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17
#2AC5A9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66
#2AC5A9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC5A9
9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AC5A9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AC5A91.002.179.669.66
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6621.001.001.00
##0000009.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDB8A8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9AAAB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C8BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2ac5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 197, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.129 176.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ed7c2',
    500: '#2ac5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2ac5a9;
$custom-light: #7ed7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2ac5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.161,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74021,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AC5A9
secondary
#CE7D8B
accent
#405EE8
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF7
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1412
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#2AC5A9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva