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#2ac5be

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

RGB
42, 197, 190
HSL
177°, 65%, 47%
CMYK
79, 0, 4, 23
Luminance
0.4414

Every format

HEX#2ac5be
RGBrgb(42, 197, 190)
HSLhsl(177, 65%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 0%, 4%, 23%)
LABlab(72.3 -39.5 -7.6)
LCHlch(72.3 40.2 190.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.747 0.121 190.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac5be;
background-color: #2ac5be;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac5be] bg-[#2ac5be]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac5be;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.773, blue: 0.745)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac5be")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac5be on white: 2.14:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac5be on black: 9.83:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green77.3%
Blue74.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan78.7%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow3.6%
Key (black)22.7%

Color previews

#2ac5be text on a black background

contrast 9.83:1

Card sample

#2ac5be text on a white background

contrast 2.14:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac5be;
Background color
Panel with #2ac5be background
background-color: #2ac5be;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac5be;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 197, 190, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 197, 190, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac5be;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac5be, #2A65C5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac5be

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac5be in the Color Lab