#2AC5CA#2AC5CA

#2AC5CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AC5CA
RGB	rgb(42, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -35.96, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 38.45, 200.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.1141 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.12 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5769, 44.6850, 62.8265)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AC5CA #CA2F2A

analogous

#2ACA7F #2AC5CA #2A75CA

triadic

#2AC5CA #CA2AC5 #C5CA2A

tetradic

#2AC5CA #7F2ACA #CA2F2A #75CA2A

square

#2AC5CA #7F2ACA #CA2F2A #75CA2A

split-complementary

#2AC5CA #CA2A75 #CA7F2A

monochromatic

#156265 #1F9497 #2AC5CA #55D8DC #88E3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#2AC5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#2AC5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC5CA

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AC5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AC5CA	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ACCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ac5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7da',
    500: '#2ac5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ac5ca;
$custom-light: #81d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ac5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75094,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AC5CA

secondary

#D08280

accent

#453FE9

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AC5CA

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

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