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#2ac8ce

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

RGB
42, 200, 206
HSL
182°, 66%, 49%
CMYK
80, 3, 0, 19
Luminance
0.4626

Every format

HEX#2ac8ce
RGBrgb(42, 200, 206)
HSLhsl(182, 66%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 3%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(73.7 -36.2 -14.2)
LCHlch(73.7 38.9 201.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.760 0.122 198.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac8ce;
background-color: #2ac8ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac8ce] bg-[#2ac8ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac8ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.784, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac8ce")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac8ce on white: 2.05:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac8ce on black: 10.25:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green78.4%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.6%
Magenta2.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#2ac8ce text on a black background

contrast 10.25:1

Card sample

#2ac8ce text on a white background

contrast 2.05:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac8ce;
Background color
Panel with #2ac8ce background
background-color: #2ac8ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac8ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 200, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 200, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac8ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac8ce, #2A5BCE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac8ce

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac8ce in the Color Lab