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#2ac1ae

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

RGB
42, 193, 174
HSL
173°, 64%, 46%
CMYK
78, 0, 10, 24
Luminance
0.4169

Every format

HEX#2ac1ae
RGBrgb(42, 193, 174)
HSLhsl(173, 64%, 46%)
CMYKcmyk(78%, 0%, 10%, 24%)
LABlab(70.7 -42.2 -1.3)
LCHlch(70.7 42.2 181.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.732 0.123 182.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac1ae;
background-color: #2ac1ae;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac1ae] bg-[#2ac1ae]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac1ae;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.757, blue: 0.682)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac1ae")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac1ae on white: 2.25:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac1ae on black: 9.34:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green75.7%
Blue68.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan78.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow9.8%
Key (black)24.3%

Color previews

#2ac1ae text on a black background

contrast 9.34:1

Card sample

#2ac1ae text on a white background

contrast 2.25:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac1ae;
Background color
Panel with #2ac1ae background
background-color: #2ac1ae;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac1ae;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 193, 174, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 193, 174, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac1ae;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac1ae, #2A6FC1);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac1ae

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac1ae in the Color Lab