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#2ac4bd

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

RGB
42, 196, 189
HSL
177°, 65%, 47%
CMYK
79, 0, 4, 23
Luminance
0.4365

Every format

HEX#2ac4bd
RGBrgb(42, 196, 189)
HSLhsl(177, 65%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 0%, 4%, 23%)
LABlab(72.0 -39.3 -7.6)
LCHlch(72.0 40.0 190.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.744 0.121 190.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac4bd;
background-color: #2ac4bd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac4bd] bg-[#2ac4bd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac4bd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.769, blue: 0.741)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac4bd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac4bd on white: 2.16:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac4bd on black: 9.73:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green76.9%
Blue74.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan78.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow3.6%
Key (black)23.1%

Color previews

#2ac4bd text on a black background

contrast 9.73:1

Card sample

#2ac4bd text on a white background

contrast 2.16:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac4bd;
Background color
Panel with #2ac4bd background
background-color: #2ac4bd;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac4bd;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 196, 189, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 196, 189, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac4bd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac4bd, #2A64C4);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac4bd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac4bd in the Color Lab