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cyan · cool

#24dfdf

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

Token name suggestion: Atlas Teal

RGB
36, 223, 223
HSL
180°, 75%, 51%
CMYK
84, 0, 0, 13
Luminance
0.5848

#24dfdf is a balanced vivid cyan, 180° on the wheel and 88/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.70:1). As text it scores 1.65:1 on white — use #138080 instead. Nearest name is Medium Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(180 75% 51%)rgb(36 223 223)Base step 600AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #24dfdf is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#24dfdf
Hue
180°
cyan
Saturation
75%
vivid
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
74%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5848
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
88/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.70:1
Closest name
Medium Turquoise
ΔE2000 3.9
Chroma
43.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.821
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 12
Web-safe
#33CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue180° of 360°
Saturation75%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #24dfdf.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool88% 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%
Green90%
Blue9%

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

Every format

HEX#24dfdf
HEX (8-digit)#24dfdfff
RGBrgb(36, 223, 223)
RGBArgba(36, 223, 223, 1)
HSLhsl(180, 75%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(180, 84%, 87%)
HWBhwb(180 14% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(84%, 0%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(81.0 -42.1 -12.4)
LCHlch(81.0 43.9 196.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.821 0.135 194.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(40.43, 58.47, 78.95)
Decimal2416607
Display P3color(display-p3 0.141 0.875 0.875)
Web-safe#33CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #24dfdf;
background-color: #24dfdf;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #24dfdf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#24dfdf] bg-[#24dfdf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #24dfdf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.141, green: 0.875, blue: 0.875)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.141, green: 0.875, blue: 0.875, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#24DFDF</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF24DFDF)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF24DFDF)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(223, 223, 36)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(36, 223, 223)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(36, 223, 223)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 36, 223, 223)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1412f, 0.8745f, 0.8745f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{36,223,223}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #24dfdf 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #24dfdf 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#106F6F, #D3EEEE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #24dfdf 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: #F3FCFC;
  --brand-100: #E7F9F9;
  --brand-200: #C8F4F4;
  --brand-300: #9DF1F1;
  --brand-400: #6CEAEA;
  --brand-500: #3BE2E2;
  --brand-600: #24dfdf;
  --brand-700: #1AB2B2;
  --brand-800: #158E8E;
  --brand-900: #136767;
  --brand-950: #0C4040;
  --brand: #24dfdf;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAFA;
  --brand-border: #C0EDED;
  --brand-hover: #1CC3C3;
  --brand-pressed: #18A4A4;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142424;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEEE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCFC',
        100: '#E7F9F9',
        200: '#C8F4F4',
        300: '#9DF1F1',
        400: '#6CEAEA',
        500: '#3BE2E2',
        600: '#24dfdf',
        700: '#1AB2B2',
        800: '#158E8E',
        900: '#136767',
        950: '#0C4040',
        DEFAULT: '#24dfdf',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCFC,
  '100': #E7F9F9,
  '200': #C8F4F4,
  '300': #9DF1F1,
  '400': #6CEAEA,
  '500': #3BE2E2,
  '600': #24dfdf,
  '700': #1AB2B2,
  '800': #158E8E,
  '900': #136767,
  '950': #0C4040,
);
$brand-base: #24dfdf;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCFC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F9F9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C8F4F4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9DF1F1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6CEAEA", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#3BE2E2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#24dfdf", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1AB2B2", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#158E8E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#136767", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0C4040", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #24dfdf · 12.70:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.65:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.70:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #24dfdf as text scores 1.65:1 on white and 12.70:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #106F6F at 3.60:1.

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
#138080 · 4.74:1
AA on white−22% L
#138080
The quick fox
#0E6161 · 7.24:1
AAA on white−29% L
#0E6161
The quick fox
#24dfdf · 12.70:1
AA on blackalready passes
#24dfdf
The quick fox
#24dfdf · 12.70:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#24dfdf

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #18A4A4 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
#24dfdf on white: 1.65:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#24dfdf on black: 12.70:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #24dfdf as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #24dfdf.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.65:1AaAa
Slate 501.58:1AaAa
Slate 1001.51:1AaAa
Slate 2001.34:1AaAa
Slate 3001.11:1AaAa
Slate 4001.55:1AaAa
Slate 5002.88:1AaAa
Slate 6004.58:1AaAa
Slate 7006.26:1AaAa
Slate 8008.84:1AaAa
Slate 90010.79:1AaAa
Black12.70:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D0D4DF
deuteranopia · #B7C1E0
tritanopia · #00E6DF

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. #24dfdf 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.

#F3FCFC
#E7F9F9
#C8F4F4
#9DF1F1
#6CEAEA
#3BE2E2
#24dfdf
#1AB2B2
#158E8E
#136767
#0C4040
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F3FCFCDarkest = 950 · #0C4040Text 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 0.034 194.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.054 194.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.081 194.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.106 194.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.124 194.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.135 194.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.135 194.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.127 194.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.114 194.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.095 194.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.074 194.8);
}

Colors that work with #24dfdf

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#C0EDED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#E41F50
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#106F6F
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FCFC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142424
Dark-mode background
Hover#1CC3C3
One step down in lightness
Pressed#18A4A4
Two steps down
Disabled#AAC9C9
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#2AEDED
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 #24dfdf

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 #106F6F
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #18A4A4

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
  • Weight49/100
  • 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#DF2424
Analogous left#24DF82
Analogous right#2482DF
Split-complement 1#DF2482
Split-complement 2#DF8224
Triadic 1#DF24DF
Triadic 2#DFDF24
Tetradic#8224DF
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°180°

#24dfdf sits at 180°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red14.1%
Green87.5%
Blue87.5%
R · 0–255
36
0x24
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
223
0xdf

CMYK percentages

Cyan83.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 96%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#24dfdf text on a black background

contrast 12.70:1

Card sample

#24dfdf text on a white background

contrast 1.65:1

Card sample

#24dfdf on grey

1.51:1

#24dfdf on its own surface

1.57:1

#24dfdf on its dark surface

9.71:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #24dfdf;
Background color
Panel with #24dfdf background
background-color: #24dfdf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #24dfdf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(36, 223, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(36, 223, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #24dfdf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #24dfdf, #2462DF);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #24dfdf, #2434DF);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #24dfdf;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #24dfdf;
caret-color: #24dfdf;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #24dfdf;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FCFC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #24dfdf;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#24dfdf 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #24dfdf 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(36, 223, 223, 0.5)
rgb(36 223 223 / 50%)
#24dfdf80
hsl(180 75% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #24dfdf 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#24dfdf1a#E9FCFC
20%#24dfdf33#D3F9F9
40%#24dfdf66#A7F2F2
60%#24dfdf99#7CECEC
80%#24dfdfcc#50E5E5

Gradients from #24dfdf

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, #59E7E7, #24dfdf 45%, #106F6F);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #24dfdf, #1D48C7);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #24dfdf, #DF2424);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #74EBEB 0%, #24dfdf 45%, #106F6F 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%, #51E68F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #3F83E3 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #106F6F 0%, transparent 65%), #24dfdf;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #24dfdf

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.

#24dfdf 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 12.70:1.

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.

#24dfdf, answered

What color is #24dfdf?

#24dfdf is a balanced vivid cyan, closest to Medium Turquoise (ΔE2000 3.9). It sits at 180° on the hue wheel with 75% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #24dfdf?

rgb(36, 223, 223) — 36 red, 223 green and 223 blue out of 255, or 14.1% / 87.5% / 87.5% by channel.

What is #24dfdf in HSL and HSV?

hsl(180, 75%, 51%) and hsv(180, 84%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #24dfdf a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5848 and perceived brightness is 74%, so black text on it reaches 12.70:1.

Should I use black or white text on #24dfdf?

Black. It scores 12.70:1 against #24dfdf, versus 1.65:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #24dfdf accessible on a white background?

#24dfdf on white scores 1.65:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #138080 to reach 4.5:1, or #0E6161 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #24dfdf?

#DF2424 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DF2482 and #DF8224, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #24dfdf?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EDED for borders, #4B9B9B for secondary text, #E41F50 as an accent and #106F6F for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #24DF82 and #2482DF stays calm, while #DF2424 is the loudest partner.

What is #24dfdf in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(84%, 0%, 0%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #24dfdf warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 88 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #24DF9A; nudged cooler, #22AEE2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #24dfdf?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 12 away. That is a visible difference, so define #24dfdf as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #24dfdf in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#24dfdf] or text-[#24dfdf], 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 #24dfdf with 50% opacity?

rgba(36, 223, 223, 0.5), or #24dfdf80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #92EFEF; over black, #127070.

Is #24dfdf a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CCCC, ΔE2000 4.5 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #24dfdf 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 #24dfdf?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #59E7E7, #24dfdf 45%, #106F6F). For more colour, a short hue run to #1D48C7 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #24dfdf in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #24dfdf at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.