#2AC9C4#2AC9C4

#2AC9C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AC9C4
RGB	rgb(42, 201, 196)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 0%, 2.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -39.55, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 40.52, 192.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.1206 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.123 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.8006, 46.2470, 59.4644)
Luminance	0.4625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AC9C4 #C92A2F

analogous

#2AC974 #2AC9C4 #2A7FC9

triadic

#2AC9C4 #C42AC9 #C9C42A

tetradic

#2AC9C4 #742AC9 #C92A2F #7FC92A

square

#2AC9C4 #742AC9 #C92A2F #7FC92A

split-complementary

#2AC9C4 #C92A7F #C9742A

monochromatic

#156461 #1F9693 #2AC9C4 #55DBD7 #87E6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#2AC9C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#2AC9C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC9C4

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AC9C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AC9C4	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBEC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7AEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ac9c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 201, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81dad5',
    500: '#2ac9c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ac9c4;
$custom-light: #81dad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ac9c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.113,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75864,
    "c": 0.12306,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AC9C4

secondary

#D07F82

accent

#3F45E8

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0C1514

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AC9C4

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

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