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#2acaa6

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

RGB
42, 202, 166
HSL
167°, 66%, 48%
CMYK
79, 0, 18, 21
Luminance
0.4549

Every format

HEX#2acaa6
RGBrgb(42, 202, 166)
HSLhsl(167, 66%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 0%, 18%, 21%)
LABlab(73.2 -48.1 6.7)
LCHlch(73.2 48.6 172.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.752 0.136 172.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acaa6;
background-color: #2acaa6;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acaa6] bg-[#2acaa6]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acaa6;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.792, blue: 0.651)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acaa6")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acaa6 on white: 2.08:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acaa6 on black: 10.10:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green79.2%
Blue65.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.2%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow17.8%
Key (black)20.8%

Color previews

#2acaa6 text on a black background

contrast 10.10:1

Card sample

#2acaa6 text on a white background

contrast 2.08:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2acaa6;
Background color
Panel with #2acaa6 background
background-color: #2acaa6;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2acaa6;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 202, 166, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 202, 166, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acaa6;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acaa6, #2A83CA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acaa6

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acaa6 in the Color Lab