Skip to content

#2ac9cf

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

RGB
42, 201, 207
HSL
182°, 66%, 49%
CMYK
80, 3, 0, 19
Luminance
0.4677

Every format

HEX#2ac9cf
RGBrgb(42, 201, 207)
HSLhsl(182, 66%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 3%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(74.0 -36.3 -14.3)
LCHlch(74.0 39.0 201.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.762 0.122 198.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac9cf;
background-color: #2ac9cf;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac9cf] bg-[#2ac9cf]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac9cf;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.788, blue: 0.812)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac9cf")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac9cf on white: 2.03:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac9cf on black: 10.35:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green78.8%
Blue81.2%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.7%
Magenta2.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)18.8%

Color previews

#2ac9cf text on a black background

contrast 10.35:1

Card sample

#2ac9cf text on a white background

contrast 2.03:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac9cf;
Background color
Panel with #2ac9cf background
background-color: #2ac9cf;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac9cf;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 201, 207, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 201, 207, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac9cf;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac9cf, #2A5BCF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac9cf

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac9cf in the Color Lab