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#2ac5c9

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

RGB
42, 197, 201
HSL
182°, 65%, 48%
CMYK
79, 2, 0, 21
Luminance
0.4464

Every format

HEX#2ac5c9
RGBrgb(42, 197, 201)
HSLhsl(182, 65%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 2%, 0%, 21%)
LABlab(72.7 -36.3 -13.1)
LCHlch(72.7 38.5 199.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.751 0.120 197.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac5c9;
background-color: #2ac5c9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac5c9] bg-[#2ac5c9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac5c9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.773, blue: 0.788)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac5c9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac5c9 on white: 2.12:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac5c9 on black: 9.93:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green77.3%
Blue78.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.1%
Magenta2.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)21.2%

Color previews

#2ac5c9 text on a black background

contrast 9.93:1

Card sample

#2ac5c9 text on a white background

contrast 2.12:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac5c9;
Background color
Panel with #2ac5c9 background
background-color: #2ac5c9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac5c9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 197, 201, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 197, 201, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac5c9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac5c9, #2A5BC9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac5c9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac5c9 in the Color Lab