#2AC5CD#2AC5CD

#2AC5CD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.120 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AC5CD
RGB	rgb(42, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -35.07, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 38.17, 203.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.1129 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.12 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9355, 44.8285, 64.7154)
Luminance	0.4483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AC5CD #CD322A

analogous

#2ACD83 #2AC5CD #2A73CD

triadic

#2AC5CD #CD2AC5 #C5CD2A

tetradic

#2AC5CD #832ACD #CD322A #73CD2A

square

#2AC5CD #832ACD #CD322A #73CD2A

split-complementary

#2AC5CD #CD2A73 #CD832A

monochromatic

#156367 #20949A #2AC5CD #58D6DD #8AE3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#2AC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#2AC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC5CD

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AC5CD	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ac5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.120 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d7dc',
    500: '#2ac5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ac5cd;
$custom-light: #81d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ac5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.945,
    "s": 65.992,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75202,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AC5CD

secondary

#D18682

accent

#473FE9

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFB

border

#CBD3D4

text

#0C1415

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AC5CD

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

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