#2AC9A8#2AC9A8

#2AC9A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.134 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AC9A8
RGB	rgb(42, 201, 168)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 16.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -47.17, 5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 47.46, 173.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.1333 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.134 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9057, 45.0891, 44.2178)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AC9A8 #C92A4B

analogous

#2AC958 #2AC9A8 #2A9BC9

triadic

#2AC9A8 #A82AC9 #C9A82A

tetradic

#2AC9A8 #582AC9 #C92A4B #9BC92A

square

#2AC9A8 #582AC9 #C92A4B #9BC92A

split-complementary

#2AC9A8 #C92A9B #C9582A

monochromatic

#156453 #1F967E #2AC9A8 #55DBBF #87E6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#2AC9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#2AC9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC9A8

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AC9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AC9A8	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEADAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ac9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 201, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.134 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fdac1',
    500: '#2ac9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ac9a8;
$custom-light: #7fdac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ac9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.547,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74997,
    "c": 0.13398,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AC9A8

secondary

#D07F90

accent

#3F62E8

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1512

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AC9A8

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

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