#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
RGB	rgb(42, 197, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(169, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 14.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -45.22, 2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 45.32, 176.23°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.129 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.129 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0788, 43.2858, 44.4035)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##2AC5A9	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #2AC5A9

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

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