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#20dec2

a balanced, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Turquoise

Token name suggestion: Signal Reef

RGB
32, 222, 194
HSL
171°, 75%, 50%
CMYK
86, 0, 13, 13
Luminance
0.5644

#20dec2 is a balanced vivid cyan, 171° on the wheel and 84/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.29:1). As text it scores 1.71:1 on white — use #138574 instead. Nearest name is Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(171 75% 50%)rgb(32 222 194)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #20dec2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#20dec2
Hue
171°
cyan
Saturation
75%
vivid
Lightness
50%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
72%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5644
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
84/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.29:1
Closest name
Turquoise
ΔE2000 3.9
Chroma
50.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.808
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 9.7
Web-safe
#33CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue171° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness50%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #20dec2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool84% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red1%
Green93%
Blue7%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#20dec2
HEX (8-digit)#20dec2ff
RGBrgb(32, 222, 194)
RGBArgba(32, 222, 194, 1)
HSLhsl(171, 75%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(171, 86%, 87%)
HWBhwb(171 13% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(86%, 0%, 13%, 13%)
LABlab(79.9 -49.9 1.3)
LCHlch(79.9 50.0 178.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.808 0.143 178.9)
XYZ (D65)xyz(36.45, 56.44, 60.00)
Decimal2154178
Display P3color(display-p3 0.125 0.871 0.761)
Web-safe#33CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #20dec2;
background-color: #20dec2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #20dec2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#20dec2] bg-[#20dec2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #20dec2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.125, green: 0.871, blue: 0.761)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.125, green: 0.871, blue: 0.761, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#20DEC2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF20DEC2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF20DEC2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(194, 222, 32)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(32, 222, 194)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(32, 222, 194)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 32, 222, 194)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1255f, 0.8706f, 0.7608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{32,222,194}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #20dec2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #20dec2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#106F61, #D3EEEA);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #20dec2 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F3FCFB;
  --brand-100: #E7F9F6;
  --brand-200: #C8F4ED;
  --brand-300: #9DF1E5;
  --brand-400: #6CEAD7;
  --brand-500: #3BE3CA;
  --brand-600: #20dec2;
  --brand-700: #1AB29C;
  --brand-800: #158F7D;
  --brand-900: #13675B;
  --brand-950: #0C4139;
  --brand: #20dec2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAFA;
  --brand-border: #C0EDE6;
  --brand-hover: #1CBFA7;
  --brand-pressed: #17A08C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142422;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEEA;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCFB',
        100: '#E7F9F6',
        200: '#C8F4ED',
        300: '#9DF1E5',
        400: '#6CEAD7',
        500: '#3BE3CA',
        600: '#20dec2',
        700: '#1AB29C',
        800: '#158F7D',
        900: '#13675B',
        950: '#0C4139',
        DEFAULT: '#20dec2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCFB,
  '100': #E7F9F6,
  '200': #C8F4ED,
  '300': #9DF1E5,
  '400': #6CEAD7,
  '500': #3BE3CA,
  '600': #20dec2,
  '700': #1AB29C,
  '800': #158F7D,
  '900': #13675B,
  '950': #0C4139,
);
$brand-base: #20dec2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCFB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C8F4ED", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9DF1E5", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6CEAD7", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3BE3CA", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#20dec2", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1AB29C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#158F7D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#13675B", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0C4139", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #20dec2 · 12.29:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.71:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.29:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #20dec2 as text scores 1.71:1 on white and 12.29:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #106F61 at 3.54:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#138574 · 4.53:1
AA on white−20% L
#138574
The quick fox
#0E6155 · 7.34:1
AAA on white−28% L
#0E6155
The quick fox
#20dec2 · 12.29:1
AA on blackalready passes
#20dec2
The quick fox
#20dec2 · 12.29:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#20dec2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #18A48F is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#20dec2 on white: 1.71:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#20dec2 on black: 12.29:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #20dec2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #20dec2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.71:1AaAa
Slate 501.63:1AaAa
Slate 1001.56:1AaAa
Slate 2001.39:1AaAa
Slate 3001.15:1AaAa
Slate 4001.50:1AaAa
Slate 5002.78:1AaAa
Slate 6004.43:1AaAa
Slate 7006.06:1AaAa
Slate 8008.56:1AaAa
Slate 90010.45:1AaAa
Black12.29:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D4D0C1
deuteranopia · #BDBFC4
tritanopia · #00E2D6

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #20dec2 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F3FCFB
#E7F9F6
#C8F4ED
#9DF1E5
#6CEAD7
#3BE3CA
#20dec2
#1AB29C
#158F7D
#13675B
#0C4139
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F3FCFBDarkest = 950 · #0C4139Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.036 178.9);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.057 178.9);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.086 178.9);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.112 178.9);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.132 178.9);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.143 178.9);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.143 178.9);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.135 178.9);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.121 178.9);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.100 178.9);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.079 178.9);
}

Colors that work with #20dec2

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDE6
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B8F
Captions on the surface
Accent#E31B6A
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#106F61
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FCF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142422
Dark-mode background
Hover#1CBFA7
One step down in lightness
Pressed#17A08C
Two steps down
Disabled#A7C7C2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#25EDD0
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #20dec2

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #106F61
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #18A48F

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight50/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#DE203C
Analogous left#20DE63
Analogous right#209BDE
Split-complement 1#DE209B
Split-complement 2#DE6320
Triadic 1#C220DE
Triadic 2#DEC220
Tetradic#6320DE
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°171°

#20dec2 sits at 171°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red12.5%
Green87.1%
Blue76.1%
R · 0–255
32
0x20
G · 0–255
222
0xde
B · 0–255
194
0xc2

CMYK percentages

Cyan85.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow12.6%
Key (black)12.9%

Total ink coverage is 111%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#20dec2 text on a black background

contrast 12.29:1

Card sample

#20dec2 text on a white background

contrast 1.71:1

Card sample

#20dec2 on grey

1.56:1

#20dec2 on its own surface

1.62:1

#20dec2 on its dark surface

9.42:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #20dec2;
Background color
Panel with #20dec2 background
background-color: #20dec2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #20dec2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(32, 222, 194, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(32, 222, 194, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #20dec2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #20dec2, #207BDE);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #20dec2, #204CDE);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #20dec2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #20dec2;
caret-color: #20dec2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #20dec2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FCF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #20dec2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#20dec2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #20dec2 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(32, 222, 194, 0.5)
rgb(32 222 194 / 50%)
#20dec280
hsl(171 75% 50% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #20dec2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#20dec21a#E9FCF9
20%#20dec233#D2F8F3
40%#20dec266#A6F2E7
60%#20dec299#79EBDA
80%#20dec2cc#4DE5CE

Gradients from #20dec2

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #55E6D1, #20dec2 45%, #106F61);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #20dec2, #1C5EC3);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #20dec2, #DE203C);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #6FEAD8 0%, #20dec2 45%, #106F61 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAFA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #4CE575 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3A99E3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #106F61 0%, transparent 65%), #20dec2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #20dec2

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#20dec2 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 12.29:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#20dec2, answered

What color is #20dec2?

#20dec2 is a balanced vivid cyan, closest to Turquoise (ΔE2000 3.9). It sits at 171° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 50% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #20dec2?

rgb(32, 222, 194) — 32 red, 222 green and 194 blue out of 255, or 12.5% / 87.1% / 76.1% by channel.

What is #20dec2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(171, 75%, 50%) and hsv(171, 86%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #20dec2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5644 and perceived brightness is 72%, so black text on it reaches 12.29:1.

Should I use black or white text on #20dec2?

Black. It scores 12.29:1 against #20dec2, versus 1.71:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #20dec2 accessible on a white background?

#20dec2 on white scores 1.71:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #138574 to reach 4.5:1, or #0E6155 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #20dec2?

#DE203C sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DE209B and #DE6320, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #20dec2?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EDE6 for borders, #4B9B8F for secondary text, #E31B6A as an accent and #106F61 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #20DE63 and #209BDE stays calm, while #DE203C is the loudest partner.

What is #20dec2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(86%, 0%, 13%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #20dec2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 84 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #20DE7C; nudged cooler, #1DB8E1.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #20dec2?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 9.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #20dec2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #20dec2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#20dec2] or text-[#20dec2], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #20dec2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(32, 222, 194, 0.5), or #20dec280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #90EFE1; over black, #106F61.

Is #20dec2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CCCC, ΔE2000 9.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #20dec2 mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #20dec2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #55E6D1, #20dec2 45%, #106F61). For more colour, a short hue run to #1C5EC3 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #20dec2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #20dec2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.