#2AC9C8#2AC9C8

#2AC9C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AC9C8
RGBrgb(42, 201, 200)
HSLhsl(180, 65%, 48%)
HSVhsv(180, 79%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(79.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.82, -38.39, -10.81)
CIE-LCHlch(73.82, 39.89, 195.72°)
OKLaboklab(76% -0.1188 -0.0301)
OKLCHoklch(76% 0.123 194.2)
XYZxyz(32.2619, 46.4316, 61.8942)
Luminance0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AC9C8 #C92A2B
analogous
#2AC979 #2AC9C8 #2A7AC9
triadic
#2AC9C8 #C82AC9 #C9C82A
tetradic
#2AC9C8 #792AC9 #C92A2B #7AC92A
square
#2AC9C8 #792AC9 #C92A2B #7AC92A
split-complementary
#2AC9C8 #C92A7A #C9792A
monochromatic
#156463 #1F9696 #2AC9C8 #55DBDB #87E6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04
#2AC9C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29
#2AC9C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC9C8
10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AC9C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AC9C81.002.0410.2910.29
#FFFFFF2.041.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2921.001.001.00
##00000010.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCBFC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6AFC9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CFC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2ac9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 194.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81dad8',
    500: '#2ac9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2ac9c8;
$custom-light: #81dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2ac9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.623,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76,
    "c": 0.12256,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AC9C8
secondary
#D07F80
accent
#3F40E8
background
#F8FDFD
surface
#F0FBFA
border
#CBD4D3
text
#0C1514
muted
#7D8383

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#2AC9C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva