#2AC5AE#2AC5AE

#2AC5AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.127 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AC5AE
RGB	rgb(42, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(171, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(171, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, -43.90, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 43.90, 179.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.1267 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.127 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5572, 43.4772, 46.9230)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AC5AE #C52A41

analogous

#2AC561 #2AC5AE #2A8FC5

triadic

#2AC5AE #AE2AC5 #C5AE2A

tetradic

#2AC5AE #612AC5 #C52A41 #8FC52A

square

#2AC5AE #612AC5 #C52A41 #8FC52A

split-complementary

#2AC5AE #C52A8F #C5612A

monochromatic

#146055 #1F9381 #2AC5AE #52DAC6 #85E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#2AC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#2AC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC5AE

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AC5AE	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8AAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ac5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.127 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fd7c6',
    500: '#2ac5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ac5ae;
$custom-light: #7fd7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ac5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.097,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AC5AE

secondary

#CE7D89

accent

#4059E8

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AC5AE

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

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