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#2acad5

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

RGB
42, 202, 213
HSL
184°, 67%, 50%
CMYK
80, 5, 0, 17
Luminance
0.4754

Every format

HEX#2acad5
RGBrgb(42, 202, 213)
HSLhsl(184, 67%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 5%, 0%, 17%)
LABlab(74.5 -35.0 -16.8)
LCHlch(74.5 38.8 205.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.767 0.123 202.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acad5;
background-color: #2acad5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acad5] bg-[#2acad5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acad5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.792, blue: 0.835)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acad5")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acad5 on white: 2.00:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acad5 on black: 10.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green79.2%
Blue83.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan80.3%
Magenta5.2%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)16.5%

Color previews

#2acad5 text on a black background

contrast 10.51:1

Card sample

#2acad5 text on a white background

contrast 2.00:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2acad5;
Background color
Panel with #2acad5 background
background-color: #2acad5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2acad5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 202, 213, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 202, 213, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acad5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acad5, #2A58D5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acad5

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acad5 in the Color Lab