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#2acbb5

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

RGB
42, 203, 181
HSL
172°, 66%, 48%
CMYK
79, 0, 11, 20
Luminance
0.4654

Every format

HEX#2acbb5
RGBrgb(42, 203, 181)
HSLhsl(172, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 0%, 11%, 20%)
LABlab(73.9 -44.6 -0.4)
LCHlch(73.9 44.6 180.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.759 0.129 180.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acbb5;
background-color: #2acbb5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acbb5] bg-[#2acbb5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acbb5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.796, blue: 0.710)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acbb5")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acbb5 on white: 2.04:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acbb5 on black: 10.31:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green79.6%
Blue71.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow10.8%
Key (black)20.4%

Color previews

#2acbb5 text on a black background

contrast 10.31:1

Card sample

#2acbb5 text on a white background

contrast 2.04:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2acbb5;
Background color
Panel with #2acbb5 background
background-color: #2acbb5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2acbb5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 203, 181, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 203, 181, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acbb5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acbb5, #2A76CB);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acbb5

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acbb5 in the Color Lab