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#2acdcc

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

RGB
42, 205, 204
HSL
180°, 66%, 48%
CMYK
80, 0, 1, 20
Luminance
0.4851

Every format

HEX#2acdcc
RGBrgb(42, 205, 204)
HSLhsl(180, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 0%, 1%, 20%)
LABlab(75.2 -39.0 -11.0)
LCHlch(75.2 40.6 195.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.771 0.125 194.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acdcc;
background-color: #2acdcc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acdcc] bg-[#2acdcc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acdcc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.804, blue: 0.800)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acdcc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acdcc on white: 1.96:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acdcc on black: 10.70:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green80.4%
Blue80.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow0.5%
Key (black)19.6%

Color previews

#2acdcc text on a black background

contrast 10.70:1

Card sample

#2acdcc text on a white background

contrast 1.96:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 205, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 205, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acdcc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acdcc, #2A61CD);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acdcc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acdcc in the Color Lab