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cyan · cool

#2cdda7

a balanced, vivid cyan · cool · closest name: Medium Aqua Marine

Token name suggestion: Atlas Glacier

RGB
44, 221, 167
HSL
162°, 72%, 52%
CMYK
80, 0, 24, 13
Luminance
0.5504

#2cdda7 is a balanced vivid cyan, 162° on the wheel and 80/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (12.01:1). As text it scores 1.75:1 on white — use #158462 instead. Nearest name is Medium Aqua Marine, nearest Tailwind family is emerald.

hsl(162 72% 52%)rgb(44 221 167)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2cdda7 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2cdda7
Hue
162°
cyan
Saturation
72%
vivid
Lightness
52%
balanced
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
71%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.5504
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
80/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
12.01:1
Closest name
Medium Aqua Marine
ΔE2000 6.2
Chroma
57.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.800
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
emerald
500 · ΔE 9.4
Web-safe
#33CC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue162° of 360°
Saturation72%
Lightness52%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2cdda7.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool80% 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%
Green94%
Blue5%

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

Every format

HEX#2cdda7
HEX (8-digit)#2cdda7ff
RGBrgb(44, 221, 167)
RGBArgba(44, 221, 167, 1)
HSLhsl(162, 72%, 52%)
HSV / HSBhsv(162, 80%, 87%)
HWBhwb(162 17% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 0%, 24%, 13%)
LABlab(79.1 -55.3 14.5)
LCHlch(79.1 57.1 165.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.800 0.157 166.3)
XYZ (D65)xyz(33.87, 55.03, 45.39)
Decimal2940327
Display P3color(display-p3 0.173 0.867 0.655)
Web-safe#33CC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2cdda7;
background-color: #2cdda7;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2cdda7;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2cdda7] bg-[#2cdda7]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2cdda7;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.173, green: 0.867, blue: 0.655)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.173, green: 0.867, blue: 0.655, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2CDDA7</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2CDDA7)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2CDDA7)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(167, 221, 44)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(44, 221, 167)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(44, 221, 167)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 44, 221, 167)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1725f, 0.8667f, 0.6549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{44,221,167}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2cdda7 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2cdda7 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#126E52, #D3EEE6);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2cdda7 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: #F3FCF9;
  --brand-100: #E7F8F3;
  --brand-200: #C9F3E6;
  --brand-300: #9EEFD7;
  --brand-400: #6EE8C3;
  --brand-500: #2cdda7;
  --brand-600: #22D39D;
  --brand-700: #1CB083;
  --brand-800: #178D69;
  --brand-900: #15664D;
  --brand-950: #0D4030;
  --brand: #2cdda7;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAF9;
  --brand-border: #C0EDDF;
  --brand-hover: #20C693;
  --brand-pressed: #1BA77C;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #14241F;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEE6;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCF9',
        100: '#E7F8F3',
        200: '#C9F3E6',
        300: '#9EEFD7',
        400: '#6EE8C3',
        500: '#2cdda7',
        600: '#22D39D',
        700: '#1CB083',
        800: '#178D69',
        900: '#15664D',
        950: '#0D4030',
        DEFAULT: '#2cdda7',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCF9,
  '100': #E7F8F3,
  '200': #C9F3E6,
  '300': #9EEFD7,
  '400': #6EE8C3,
  '500': #2cdda7,
  '600': #22D39D,
  '700': #1CB083,
  '800': #178D69,
  '900': #15664D,
  '950': #0D4030,
);
$brand-base: #2cdda7;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCF9", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E7F8F3", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C9F3E6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9EEFD7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#6EE8C3", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2cdda7", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#22D39D", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#1CB083", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#178D69", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#15664D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0D4030", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #2cdda7 · 12.01:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.75:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 12.01:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2cdda7 as text scores 1.75:1 on white and 12.01:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #126E52 at 3.55:1.

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
#158462 · 4.66:1
AA on white−22% L
#158462
The quick fox
#10654B · 7.03:1
AAA on white−29% L
#10654B
The quick fox
#2cdda7 · 12.01:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2cdda7
The quick fox
#2cdda7 · 12.01:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2cdda7

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #1BA77C 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
#2cdda7 on white: 1.75:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2cdda7 on black: 12.01:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2cdda7 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2cdda7.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.75:1AaAa
Slate 501.67:1AaAa
Slate 1001.60:1AaAa
Slate 2001.42:1AaAa
Slate 3001.18:1AaAa
Slate 4001.47:1AaAa
Slate 5002.72:1AaAa
Slate 6004.33:1AaAa
Slate 7005.92:1AaAa
Slate 8008.36:1AaAa
Slate 90010.21:1AaAa
Black12.01:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D8CDA4
deuteranopia · #C3BDAB
tritanopia · #00DECE

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. #2cdda7 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.

#F3FCF9
#E7F8F3
#C9F3E6
#9EEFD7
#6EE8C3
#2cdda7
#22D39D
#1CB083
#178D69
#15664D
#0D4030
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F3FCF9Darkest = 950 · #0D4030Text 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 0.039 166.3);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.063 166.3);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.094 166.3);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.122 166.3);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.144 166.3);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.157 166.3);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.157 166.3);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.147 166.3);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.132 166.3);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.110 166.3);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.086 166.3);
}

Colors that work with #2cdda7

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#C0EDDF
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B82
Captions on the surface
Accent#E2278F
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#126E52
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E9FBF6
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#14241F
Dark-mode background
Hover#20C693
One step down in lightness
Pressed#1BA77C
Two steps down
Disabled#AECBC2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#33EBB3
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 #2cdda7

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 #126E52
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #1BA77C

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.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. 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
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight48/100
  • 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#DD2C62
Analogous left#2CDD4F
Analogous right#2CBBDD
Split-complement 1#DD2CBB
Split-complement 2#DD4F2C
Triadic 1#A72CDD
Triadic 2#DDA72C
Tetradic#4F2CDD
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°162°

#2cdda7 sits at 162°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red17.3%
Green86.7%
Blue65.5%
R · 0–255
44
0x2c
G · 0–255
221
0xdd
B · 0–255
167
0xa7

CMYK percentages

Cyan80.1%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow24.4%
Key (black)13.3%

Total ink coverage is 118%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2cdda7 text on a black background

contrast 12.01:1

Card sample

#2cdda7 text on a white background

contrast 1.75:1

Card sample

#2cdda7 on grey

1.60:1

#2cdda7 on its own surface

1.66:1

#2cdda7 on its dark surface

9.22:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2cdda7;
Background color
Panel with #2cdda7 background
background-color: #2cdda7;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2cdda7;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(44, 221, 167, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(44, 221, 167, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2cdda7;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cdda7, #2C9DDD);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2cdda7, #2C71DD);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2cdda7;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2cdda7;
caret-color: #2cdda7;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2cdda7;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E9FBF6;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2cdda7;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2cdda7 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2cdda7 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(44, 221, 167, 0.5)
rgb(44 221 167 / 50%)
#2cdda780
hsl(162 72% 52% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2cdda7 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2cdda71a#EAFCF6
20%#2cdda733#D5F8ED
40%#2cdda766#ABF1DC
60%#2cdda799#80EBCA
80%#2cdda7cc#56E4B9

Gradients from #2cdda7

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, #61E5BD, #2cdda7 45%, #126E52);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2cdda7, #217FCA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2cdda7, #DD2C62);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #7BEAC8 0%, #2cdda7 45%, #126E52 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%, #58E468 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #47B6E1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #126E52 0%, transparent 65%), #2cdda7;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2cdda7

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.

#2cdda7 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

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 12.01:1.

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.

#2cdda7, answered

What color is #2cdda7?

#2cdda7 is a balanced vivid cyan, closest to Medium Aqua Marine (ΔE2000 6.2). It sits at 162° on the hue wheel with 72% saturation and 52% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2cdda7?

rgb(44, 221, 167) — 44 red, 221 green and 167 blue out of 255, or 17.3% / 86.7% / 65.5% by channel.

What is #2cdda7 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(162, 72%, 52%) and hsv(162, 80%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2cdda7 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.5504 and perceived brightness is 71%, so black text on it reaches 12.01:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2cdda7?

Black. It scores 12.01:1 against #2cdda7, versus 1.75:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2cdda7 accessible on a white background?

#2cdda7 on white scores 1.75:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #158462 to reach 4.5:1, or #10654B for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2cdda7?

#DD2C62 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #DD2CBB and #DD4F2C, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2cdda7?

For interface work: #F4FAF9 as the surface, #C0EDDF for borders, #4B9B82 for secondary text, #E2278F as an accent and #126E52 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2CDD4F and #2CBBDD stays calm, while #DD2C62 is the loudest partner.

What is #2cdda7 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(80%, 0%, 24%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #2cdda7 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 80 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #2CDD66; nudged cooler, #2AD4DF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2cdda7?

The emerald family — its 500 step is #10b981, ΔE2000 9.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2cdda7 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2cdda7 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2cdda7] or text-[#2cdda7], 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 #2cdda7 with 50% opacity?

rgba(44, 221, 167, 0.5), or #2cdda780 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #96EED3; over black, #166F54.

Is #2cdda7 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CC99, ΔE2000 4.1 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2cdda7 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 #2cdda7?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #61E5BD, #2cdda7 45%, #126E52). For more colour, a short hue run to #217FCA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2cdda7 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2cdda7 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.