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#2acbcd

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

RGB
42, 203, 205
HSL
181°, 66%, 48%
CMYK
80, 1, 0, 20
Luminance
0.4761

Every format

HEX#2acbcd
RGBrgb(42, 203, 205)
HSLhsl(181, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(74.6 -37.9 -12.4)
LCHlch(74.6 39.8 198.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.767 0.123 196.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acbcd;
background-color: #2acbcd;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acbcd] bg-[#2acbcd]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acbcd;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.796, blue: 0.804)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acbcd")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acbcd on white: 2.00:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acbcd on black: 10.52:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green79.6%
Blue80.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.5%
Magenta1.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#2acbcd text on a black background

contrast 10.52:1

Card sample

#2acbcd text on a white background

contrast 2.00:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 203, 205, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 203, 205, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acbcd;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acbcd, #2A5ECD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acbcd

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acbcd in the Color Lab