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#2acdce

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

RGB
42, 205, 206
HSL
180°, 66%, 49%
CMYK
80, 1, 0, 19
Luminance
0.4861

Every format

HEX#2acdce
RGBrgb(42, 205, 206)
HSLhsl(180, 66%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 1%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(75.2 -38.5 -12.0)
LCHlch(75.2 40.3 197.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.772 0.124 195.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acdce;
background-color: #2acdce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acdce] bg-[#2acdce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acdce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.804, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acdce")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acdce on white: 1.96:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acdce on black: 10.72:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green80.4%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.6%
Magenta0.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#2acdce text on a black background

contrast 10.72:1

Card sample

#2acdce text on a white background

contrast 1.96:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 205, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 205, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acdce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acdce, #2A60CE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acdce

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acdce in the Color Lab