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#2ac5ce

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

RGB
42, 197, 206
HSL
183°, 66%, 49%
CMYK
80, 4, 0, 19
Luminance
0.4488

Every format

HEX#2ac5ce
RGBrgb(42, 197, 206)
HSLhsl(183, 66%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 4%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(72.8 -34.8 -15.6)
LCHlch(72.8 38.1 204.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.752 0.120 201.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac5ce;
background-color: #2ac5ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac5ce] bg-[#2ac5ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac5ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.773, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac5ce")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac5ce on white: 2.11:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac5ce on black: 9.98:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green77.3%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.6%
Magenta4.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#2ac5ce text on a black background

contrast 9.98:1

Card sample

#2ac5ce text on a white background

contrast 2.11:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac5ce;
Background color
Panel with #2ac5ce background
background-color: #2ac5ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac5ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 197, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 197, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac5ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac5ce, #2A58CE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac5ce

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac5ce in the Color Lab