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#2ac4ae

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

RGB
42, 196, 174
HSL
171°, 65%, 47%
CMYK
79, 0, 11, 23
Luminance
0.4303

Every format

HEX#2ac4ae
RGBrgb(42, 196, 174)
HSLhsl(171, 65%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 0%, 11%, 23%)
LABlab(71.6 -43.5 0.0)
LCHlch(71.6 43.5 180.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.739 0.126 180.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac4ae;
background-color: #2ac4ae;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac4ae] bg-[#2ac4ae]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac4ae;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.769, blue: 0.682)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac4ae")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac4ae on white: 2.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac4ae on black: 9.61:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green76.9%
Blue68.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan78.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow11.2%
Key (black)23.1%

Color previews

#2ac4ae text on a black background

contrast 9.61:1

Card sample

#2ac4ae text on a white background

contrast 2.19:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac4ae;
Background color
Panel with #2ac4ae background
background-color: #2ac4ae;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac4ae;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 196, 174, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 196, 174, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac4ae;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac4ae, #2A73C4);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac4ae

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac4ae in the Color Lab