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cyan · cool

#2af0c2

a balanced, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Signal Lagoon

RGB
42, 240, 194
HSL
166°, 87%, 55%
CMYK
83, 0, 19, 6
Luminance
0.6671

#2af0c2 is a balanced electric cyan, 166° on the wheel and 82/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.34:1). As text it scores 1.46:1 on white — use #098266 instead. Nearest name is Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(166 87% 55%)rgb(42 240 194)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2af0c2 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2af0c2
Hue
166°
cyan
Saturation
87%
electric
Lightness
55%
balanced
Brightness
94%
HSV value
Perceived
77%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6671
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
82/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
14.34:1
Closest name
Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 5.5
Chroma
57.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.854
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 14.2
Web-safe
#33FFCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue166° of 360°
Saturation87%
Lightness55%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2af0c2.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool82% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red1%
Green93%
Blue6%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#2af0c2
HEX (8-digit)#2af0c2ff
RGBrgb(42, 240, 194)
RGBArgba(42, 240, 194, 1)
HSLhsl(166, 87%, 55%)
HSV / HSBhsv(166, 83%, 94%)
HWBhwb(166 16% 6%)
CMYKcmyk(83%, 0%, 19%, 6%)
LABlab(85.3 -56.5 9.3)
LCHlch(85.3 57.2 170.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.854 0.160 171.5)
XYZ (D65)xyz(41.85, 66.70, 61.70)
Decimal2814146
Display P3color(display-p3 0.165 0.941 0.761)
Web-safe#33FFCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2af0c2;
background-color: #2af0c2;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2af0c2;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2af0c2] bg-[#2af0c2]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2af0c2;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.941, blue: 0.761)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.165, green: 0.941, blue: 0.761, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2AF0C2</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2AF0C2)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2AF0C2)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(194, 240, 42)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(42, 240, 194)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(42, 240, 194)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 42, 240, 194)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1647f, 0.9412f, 0.7608f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{42,240,194}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2af0c2 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2af0c2 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#08775D, #D3EEE8);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2af0c2 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F2FDFA;
  --brand-100: #E5FAF5;
  --brand-200: #C4F7EC;
  --brand-300: #96F8E1;
  --brand-400: #62F4D2;
  --brand-500: #2af0c2;
  --brand-600: #10E5B3;
  --brand-700: #0DBF96;
  --brand-800: #0B9878;
  --brand-900: #0C6E57;
  --brand-950: #084537;
  --brand: #2af0c2;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C0EDE2;
  --brand-hover: #10E6B5;
  --brand-pressed: #0EC59A;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142421;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE8;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F2FDFA',
        100: '#E5FAF5',
        200: '#C4F7EC',
        300: '#96F8E1',
        400: '#62F4D2',
        500: '#2af0c2',
        600: '#10E5B3',
        700: '#0DBF96',
        800: '#0B9878',
        900: '#0C6E57',
        950: '#084537',
        DEFAULT: '#2af0c2',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F2FDFA,
  '100': #E5FAF5,
  '200': #C4F7EC,
  '300': #96F8E1,
  '400': #62F4D2,
  '500': #2af0c2,
  '600': #10E5B3,
  '700': #0DBF96,
  '800': #0B9878,
  '900': #0C6E57,
  '950': #084537,
);
$brand-base: #2af0c2;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F2FDFA", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E5FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C4F7EC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#96F8E1", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#62F4D2", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2af0c2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#10E5B3", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#0DBF96", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#0B9878", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#0C6E57", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#084537", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #2af0c2 · 14.34:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.46:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.34:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2af0c2 as text scores 1.46:1 on white and 14.34:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #08775D at 3.77:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#098266 · 4.78:1
AA on white−28% L
#098266
The quick fox
#076550 · 7.03:1
AAA on white−34% L
#076550
The quick fox
#2af0c2 · 14.34:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2af0c2
The quick fox
#2af0c2 · 14.34:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2af0c2

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #0CA884 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2af0c2 on white: 1.46:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2af0c2 on black: 14.34:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2af0c2 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2af0c2.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.46:1AaAa
Slate 501.40:1AaAa
Slate 1001.34:1AaAa
Slate 2001.19:1AaAa
Slate 3001.01:1AaAa
Slate 4001.75:1AaAa
Slate 5003.25:1AaAa
Slate 6005.18:1AaAa
Slate 7007.07:1AaAa
Slate 8009.99:1AaAa
Slate 90012.19:1AaAa
Black14.34:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E8DFC0
deuteranopia · #D1CEC5
tritanopia · #00F2E3

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #2af0c2 is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F2FDFA
#E5FAF5
#C4F7EC
#96F8E1
#62F4D2
#2af0c2
#10E5B3
#0DBF96
#0B9878
#0C6E57
#084537
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F2FDFADarkest = 950 · #084537Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.040 171.5);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.064 171.5);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.096 171.5);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.125 171.5);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.147 171.5);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.160 171.5);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.160 171.5);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.150 171.5);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.134 171.5);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.112 171.5);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.088 171.5);
}

Colors that work with #2af0c2

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F4FAF9
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDE2
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B88
Captions on the surface
Accent#F52689
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#08775D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E7FDF8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142421
Dark-mode background
Hover#10E6B5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#0EC59A
Two steps down
Disabled#B8D2CC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#33FCCD
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #2af0c2

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #08775D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #0CA884

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

cleantechnicalfreshclinical

Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

At high lightness it disappears into white surfaces and thin strokes vanish entirely.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight45/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#F02A58
Analogous left#2AF05F
Analogous right#2ABBF0
Split-complement 1#F02ABB
Split-complement 2#F05F2A
Triadic 1#C22AF0
Triadic 2#F0C22A
Tetradic#5F2AF0
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°166°

#2af0c2 sits at 166°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green94.1%
Blue76.1%
R · 0–255
42
0x2a
G · 0–255
240
0xf0
B · 0–255
194
0xc2

CMYK percentages

Cyan82.5%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow19.2%
Key (black)5.9%

Total ink coverage is 108%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2af0c2 text on a black background

contrast 14.34:1

Card sample

#2af0c2 text on a white background

contrast 1.46:1

Card sample

#2af0c2 on grey

1.34:1

#2af0c2 on its own surface

1.39:1

#2af0c2 on its dark surface

11.00:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2af0c2;
Background color
Panel with #2af0c2 background
background-color: #2af0c2;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2af0c2;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 240, 194, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 240, 194, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2af0c2;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2af0c2, #2A9AF0);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2af0c2, #2A68F0);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2af0c2;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2af0c2;
caret-color: #2af0c2;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2af0c2;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E7FDF8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2af0c2;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2af0c2 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2af0c2 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(42, 240, 194, 0.5)
rgb(42 240 194 / 50%)
#2af0c280
hsl(166 87% 55% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2af0c2 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2af0c21a#EAFEF9
20%#2af0c233#D4FCF3
40%#2af0c266#AAF9E7
60%#2af0c299#7FF6DA
80%#2af0c2cc#55F3CE

Gradients from #2af0c2

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #63F4D2, #2af0c2 45%, #08775D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2af0c2, #117AEB);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2af0c2, #F02A58);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #80F6DB 0%, #2af0c2 45%, #08775D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAF9, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #5AF376 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #47B6F2 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #08775D 0%, transparent 65%), #2af0c2;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2af0c2

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#2af0c2 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyTravelHealthcareMedia
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.34:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#2af0c2, answered

What color is #2af0c2?

#2af0c2 is a balanced electric cyan, closest to Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 5.5). It sits at 166° on the hue wheel with 87% saturation and 55% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2af0c2?

rgb(42, 240, 194) — 42 red, 240 green and 194 blue out of 255, or 16.5% / 94.1% / 76.1% by channel.

What is #2af0c2 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(166, 87%, 55%) and hsv(166, 83%, 94%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2af0c2 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6671 and perceived brightness is 77%, so black text on it reaches 14.34:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2af0c2?

Black. It scores 14.34:1 against #2af0c2, versus 1.46:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2af0c2 accessible on a white background?

#2af0c2 on white scores 1.46:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #098266 to reach 4.5:1, or #076550 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2af0c2?

#F02A58 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #F02ABB and #F05F2A, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2af0c2?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C0EDE2 for borders, #4B9B88 for secondary text, #F52689 as an accent and #08775D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2AF05F and #2ABBF0 stays calm, while #F02A58 is the loudest partner.

What is #2af0c2 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(83%, 0%, 19%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #2af0c2 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 82 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #2AF07A; nudged cooler, #28D7F2.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2af0c2?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 14.2 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2af0c2 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2af0c2 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2af0c2] or text-[#2af0c2], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #2af0c2 with 50% opacity?

rgba(42, 240, 194, 0.5), or #2af0c280 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #95F8E1; over black, #157861.

Is #2af0c2 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33FFCC, ΔE2000 3.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2af0c2 mean?

As a cyan, it reads clean, technical, fresh. Cyan reads as water, air and infrastructure: cool, hygienic, engineered. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #2af0c2?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #63F4D2, #2af0c2 45%, #08775D). For more colour, a short hue run to #117AEB keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2af0c2 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2af0c2 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.