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#2ac0cc

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

RGB
42, 192, 204
HSL
184°, 66%, 48%
CMYK
79, 6, 0, 20
Luminance
0.4255

Every format

HEX#2ac0cc
RGBrgb(42, 192, 204)
HSLhsl(184, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 6%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(71.3 -33.0 -16.9)
LCHlch(71.3 37.1 207.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.740 0.118 203.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac0cc;
background-color: #2ac0cc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac0cc] bg-[#2ac0cc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac0cc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.753, blue: 0.800)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac0cc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac0cc on white: 2.21:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac0cc on black: 9.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green75.3%
Blue80.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.4%
Magenta5.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)20.0%

Color previews

#2ac0cc text on a black background

contrast 9.51:1

Card sample

#2ac0cc text on a white background

contrast 2.21:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac0cc;
Background color
Panel with #2ac0cc background
background-color: #2ac0cc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac0cc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 192, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 192, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac0cc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac0cc, #2A54CC);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac0cc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac0cc in the Color Lab