#2AC9CA#2AC9CA

#2AC9CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.122 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AC9CA
RGB	rgb(42, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -37.81, -11.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 39.61, 197.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.1179 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.122 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4972, 46.5257, 63.1333)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AC9CA #CA2B2A

analogous

#2ACA7B #2AC9CA #2A79CA

triadic

#2AC9CA #CA2AC9 #C9CA2A

tetradic

#2AC9CA #7B2ACA #CA2B2A #79CA2A

square

#2AC9CA #7B2ACA #CA2B2A #79CA2A

split-complementary

#2AC9CA #CA2A79 #CA7B2A

monochromatic

#156465 #1F9797 #2AC9CA #55DBDC #88E6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#2AC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#2AC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AC9CA

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AC9CA	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ac9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.122 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82dada',
    500: '#2ac9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ac9ca;
$custom-light: #82dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ac9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.375,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76069,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AC9CA

secondary

#D08080

accent

#403FE9

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0C1514

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AC9CA

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

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