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#2ac5bf

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

RGB
42, 197, 191
HSL
178°, 65%, 47%
CMYK
79, 0, 3, 23
Luminance
0.4419

Every format

HEX#2ac5bf
RGBrgb(42, 197, 191)
HSLhsl(178, 65%, 47%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 0%, 3%, 23%)
LABlab(72.3 -39.2 -8.1)
LCHlch(72.3 40.0 191.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.747 0.121 190.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac5bf;
background-color: #2ac5bf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac5bf] bg-[#2ac5bf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac5bf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.773, blue: 0.749)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac5bf")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac5bf on white: 2.13:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac5bf on black: 9.84:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green77.3%
Blue74.9%

CMYK percentages

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

Color previews

#2ac5bf text on a black background

contrast 9.84:1

Card sample

#2ac5bf text on a white background

contrast 2.13:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac5bf;
Background color
Panel with #2ac5bf background
background-color: #2ac5bf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac5bf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 197, 191, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 197, 191, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac5bf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac5bf, #2A64C5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac5bf

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac5bf in the Color Lab