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#2ad9df

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

RGB
42, 217, 223
HSL
182°, 74%, 52%
CMYK
81, 3, 0, 13
Luminance
0.5545

Every format

HEX#2ad9df
RGBrgb(42, 217, 223)
HSLhsl(182, 74%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(81%, 3%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(79.3 -39.0 -15.0)
LCHlch(79.3 41.7 201.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.807 0.131 198.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ad9df;
background-color: #2ad9df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ad9df] bg-[#2ad9df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ad9df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.851, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ad9df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ad9df on white: 1.74:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ad9df on black: 12.09:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green85.1%
Blue87.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan81.2%
Magenta2.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#2ad9df text on a black background

contrast 12.09:1

Card sample

#2ad9df text on a white background

contrast 1.74:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ad9df;
Background color
Panel with #2ad9df background
background-color: #2ad9df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ad9df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 217, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 217, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ad9df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ad9df, #2A60DF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ad9df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ad9df in the Color Lab