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#2acaa9

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

RGB
42, 202, 169
HSL
168°, 66%, 48%
CMYK
79, 0, 16, 21
Luminance
0.4560

Every format

HEX#2acaa9
RGBrgb(42, 202, 169)
HSLhsl(168, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 0%, 16%, 21%)
LABlab(73.3 -47.3 5.2)
LCHlch(73.3 47.6 173.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.753 0.135 174.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acaa9;
background-color: #2acaa9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acaa9] bg-[#2acaa9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acaa9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.792, blue: 0.663)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acaa9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acaa9 on white: 2.08:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acaa9 on black: 10.12:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green79.2%
Blue66.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow16.3%
Key (black)20.8%

Color previews

#2acaa9 text on a black background

contrast 10.12:1

Card sample

#2acaa9 text on a white background

contrast 2.08:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2acaa9;
Background color
Panel with #2acaa9 background
background-color: #2acaa9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2acaa9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 202, 169, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 202, 169, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acaa9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acaa9, #2A80CA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acaa9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acaa9 in the Color Lab