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#2ad5ce

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

RGB
42, 213, 206
HSL
178°, 67%, 50%
CMYK
80, 0, 3, 17
Luminance
0.5254

Every format

HEX#2ad5ce
RGBrgb(42, 213, 206)
HSLhsl(178, 67%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 0%, 3%, 17%)
LABlab(77.6 -42.1 -8.4)
LCHlch(77.6 42.9 191.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.791 0.130 190.5)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ad5ce;
background-color: #2ad5ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ad5ce] bg-[#2ad5ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ad5ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.835, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ad5ce")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ad5ce on white: 1.82:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ad5ce on black: 11.51:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green83.5%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan80.3%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow3.3%
Key (black)16.5%

Color previews

#2ad5ce text on a black background

contrast 11.51:1

Card sample

#2ad5ce text on a white background

contrast 1.82:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ad5ce;
Background color
Panel with #2ad5ce background
background-color: #2ad5ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ad5ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 213, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 213, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ad5ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ad5ce, #2A6AD5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ad5ce

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ad5ce in the Color Lab