#2DC9CC#2DC9CC

#2DC9CC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.121 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2DC9CC
RGB	rgb(45, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(181, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.9%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.99, -36.95, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.99, 39.08, 199.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.1162 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.121 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8629, 46.6867, 64.3944)
Luminance	0.4669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2DC9CC #CC302D

analogous

#2DCC80 #2DC9CC #2D7ACC

triadic

#2DC9CC #CC2DC9 #C9CC2D

tetradic

#2DC9CC #802DCC #CC302D #7ACC2D

square

#2DC9CC #802DCC #CC302D #7ACC2D

split-complementary

#2DC9CC #CC2D7A #CC802D

monochromatic

#176668 #22989A #2DC9CC #5BD8DB #8DE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#2DC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#2DC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2DC9CC

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2DC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2DC9CC	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2dc9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(45, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.121 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83dadb',
    500: '#2dc9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2dc9cc;
$custom-light: #83dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2dc9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 45,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76186,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2DC9CC

secondary

#D08685

accent

#4441E7

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFB

border

#CBD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #2DC9CC

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

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