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#2ac9ce

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

RGB
42, 201, 206
HSL
182°, 66%, 49%
CMYK
80, 2, 0, 19
Luminance
0.4672

Every format

HEX#2ac9ce
RGBrgb(42, 201, 206)
HSLhsl(182, 66%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 2%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(74.0 -36.6 -13.8)
LCHlch(74.0 39.1 200.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.762 0.122 198.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac9ce;
background-color: #2ac9ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac9ce] bg-[#2ac9ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac9ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.788, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac9ce")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac9ce on white: 2.03:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac9ce on black: 10.34:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

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

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.6%
Magenta2.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#2ac9ce text on a black background

contrast 10.34:1

Card sample

#2ac9ce text on a white background

contrast 2.03:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac9ce;
Background color
Panel with #2ac9ce background
background-color: #2ac9ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac9ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 201, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 201, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac9ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac9ce, #2A5CCE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac9ce

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac9ce in the Color Lab