#2AC5C8#2AC5C8

#2AC5C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.120 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AC5C8
RGB	rgb(42, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -36.56, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 38.67, 199.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.115 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.12 197)
XYZ	xyz(31.3416, 44.5909, 61.5874)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AC5C8 #C82D2A

analogous

#2AC87C #2AC5C8 #2A76C8

triadic

#2AC5C8 #C82AC5 #C5C82A

tetradic

#2AC5C8 #7C2AC8 #C82D2A #76C82A

square

#2AC5C8 #7C2AC8 #C82D2A #76C82A

split-complementary

#2AC5C8 #C82A76 #C87C2A

monochromatic

#156163 #1F9395 #2AC5C8 #54D9DB #87E4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#2AC5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#2AC5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC5C8

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AC5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AC5C8	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ABC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ac5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.120 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7d8',
    500: '#2ac5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ac5c8;
$custom-light: #81d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ac5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.139,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75022,
    "c": 0.12024,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.44595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AC5C8

secondary

#CF807F

accent

#4340E8

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AC5C8

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

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