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cyan · cool

#2ee5da

a balanced, electric cyan · cool · closest name: Turquoise

Token name suggestion: Signal Glacier

RGB
46, 229, 218
HSL
176°, 78%, 54%
CMYK
80, 0, 5, 10
Luminance
0.6168

#2ee5da is a balanced electric cyan, 176° on the wheel and 86/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (13.34:1). As text it scores 1.57:1 on white — use #10837C instead. Nearest name is Turquoise, nearest Tailwind family is teal.

hsl(176 78% 54%)rgb(46 229 218)Base step 500AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #2ee5da is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#2ee5da
Hue
176°
cyan
Saturation
78%
electric
Lightness
54%
balanced
Brightness
90%
HSV value
Perceived
75%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6168
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
86/100 cool
Color family
Cyan
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
13.34:1
Closest name
Turquoise
ΔE2000 2.1
Chroma
46.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.835
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
teal
500 · ΔE 11.7
Web-safe
#33CCCC
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue176° of 360°
Saturation78%
Lightness54%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #2ee5da.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool86% 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%
Green91%
Blue8%

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

Every format

HEX#2ee5da
HEX (8-digit)#2ee5daff
RGBrgb(46, 229, 218)
RGBArgba(46, 229, 218, 1)
HSLhsl(176, 78%, 54%)
HSV / HSBhsv(176, 80%, 90%)
HWBhwb(176 18% 10%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 0%, 5%, 10%)
LABlab(82.7 -45.4 -7.2)
LCHlch(82.7 46.0 189.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.835 0.138 188.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(41.79, 61.68, 76.02)
Decimal3073498
Display P3color(display-p3 0.180 0.898 0.855)
Web-safe#33CCCC

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #2ee5da;
background-color: #2ee5da;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #2ee5da;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ee5da] bg-[#2ee5da]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ee5da;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.180, green: 0.898, blue: 0.855)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.180, green: 0.898, blue: 0.855, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#2EE5DA</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF2EE5DA)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF2EE5DA)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(218, 229, 46)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(46, 229, 218)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(46, 229, 218)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 46, 229, 218)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.1804f, 0.8980f, 0.8549f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{46,229,218}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #2ee5da 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #2ee5da 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#0E716B, #D3EEED);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #2ee5da 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: #F3FCFB;
  --brand-100: #E6F9F8;
  --brand-200: #C7F5F2;
  --brand-300: #9BF3ED;
  --brand-400: #69ECE5;
  --brand-500: #2ee5da;
  --brand-600: #1BDACE;
  --brand-700: #17B5AC;
  --brand-800: #12918A;
  --brand-900: #116964;
  --brand-950: #0B423E;
  --brand: #2ee5da;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F4FAFA;
  --brand-border: #C0EDEA;
  --brand-hover: #1AD5CA;
  --brand-pressed: #16B5AB;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #142423;
    --brand-ink: #D3EEED;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F3FCFB',
        100: '#E6F9F8',
        200: '#C7F5F2',
        300: '#9BF3ED',
        400: '#69ECE5',
        500: '#2ee5da',
        600: '#1BDACE',
        700: '#17B5AC',
        800: '#12918A',
        900: '#116964',
        950: '#0B423E',
        DEFAULT: '#2ee5da',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F3FCFB,
  '100': #E6F9F8,
  '200': #C7F5F2,
  '300': #9BF3ED,
  '400': #69ECE5,
  '500': #2ee5da,
  '600': #1BDACE,
  '700': #17B5AC,
  '800': #12918A,
  '900': #116964,
  '950': #0B423E,
);
$brand-base: #2ee5da;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F3FCFB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#E6F9F8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#C7F5F2", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#9BF3ED", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#69ECE5", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#2ee5da", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#1BDACE", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#17B5AC", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#12918A", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#116964", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#0B423E", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #2ee5da · 13.34:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.57:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 13.34:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #2ee5da as text scores 1.57:1 on white and 13.34:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #0E716B at 3.71:1.

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
#10837C · 4.61:1
AA on white−25% L
#10837C
The quick fox
#0C635E · 7.09:1
AAA on white−32% L
#0C635E
The quick fox
#2ee5da · 13.34:1
AA on blackalready passes
#2ee5da
The quick fox
#2ee5da · 13.34:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#2ee5da

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #14A39A 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
#2ee5da on white: 1.57:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ee5da on black: 13.34:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #2ee5da as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #2ee5da.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.57:1AaAa
Slate 501.51:1AaAa
Slate 1001.44:1AaAa
Slate 2001.28:1AaAa
Slate 3001.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.63:1AaAa
Slate 5003.02:1AaAa
Slate 6004.81:1AaAa
Slate 7006.58:1AaAa
Slate 8009.29:1AaAa
Slate 90011.34:1AaAa
Black13.34:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #D8D8DA
deuteranopia · #C0C6DC
tritanopia · #00EBE1

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. #2ee5da 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.

#F3FCFB
#E6F9F8
#C7F5F2
#9BF3ED
#69ECE5
#2ee5da
#1BDACE
#17B5AC
#12918A
#116964
#0B423E
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F3FCFBDarkest = 950 · #0B423EText 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 0.034 188.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.055 188.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.083 188.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.107 188.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.127 188.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.138 188.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.138 188.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.129 188.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.116 188.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.096 188.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.076 188.4);
}

Colors that work with #2ee5da

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#F4FAFA
Tinted page background
Border#C0EDEA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#4B9B96
Captions on the surface
Accent#EA2965
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#0E716B
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#E8FCFB
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#142423
Dark-mode background
Hover#1AD5CA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#16B5AB
Two steps down
Disabled#B4CFCD
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#35F2E7
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 #2ee5da

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 #0E716B
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #14A39A

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
  • Weight46/100
  • 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#E52E39
Analogous left#2EE57E
Analogous right#2E94E5
Split-complement 1#E52E94
Split-complement 2#E57E2E
Triadic 1#DA2EE5
Triadic 2#E5DA2E
Tetradic#7E2EE5
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°176°

#2ee5da sits at 176°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red18.0%
Green89.8%
Blue85.5%
R · 0–255
46
0x2e
G · 0–255
229
0xe5
B · 0–255
218
0xda

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow4.8%
Key (black)10.2%

Total ink coverage is 95%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#2ee5da text on a black background

contrast 13.34:1

Card sample

#2ee5da text on a white background

contrast 1.57:1

Card sample

#2ee5da on grey

1.44:1

#2ee5da on its own surface

1.49:1

#2ee5da on its dark surface

10.21:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ee5da;
Background color
Panel with #2ee5da background
background-color: #2ee5da;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ee5da;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(46, 229, 218, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(46, 229, 218, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ee5da;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ee5da, #2E76E5);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2ee5da, #2E48E5);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #2ee5da;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #2ee5da;
caret-color: #2ee5da;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #2ee5da;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #E8FCFB;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #2ee5da;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#2ee5da 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #2ee5da 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(46, 229, 218, 0.5)
rgb(46 229 218 / 50%)
#2ee5da80
hsl(176 78% 54% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #2ee5da 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#2ee5da1a#EAFCFB
20%#2ee5da33#D5FAF8
40%#2ee5da66#ABF5F0
60%#2ee5da99#82EFE9
80%#2ee5dacc#58EAE1

Gradients from #2ee5da

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, #64ECE4, #2ee5da 45%, #0E716B);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #2ee5da, #1B56D9);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #2ee5da, #E52E39);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #80EFE8 0%, #2ee5da 45%, #0E716B 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F4FAFA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #5BEB8E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #4995E8 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #0E716B 0%, transparent 65%), #2ee5da;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ee5da

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.

#2ee5da 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 13.34:1.

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.

#2ee5da, answered

What color is #2ee5da?

#2ee5da is a balanced electric cyan, closest to Turquoise (ΔE2000 2.1). It sits at 176° on the hue wheel with 78% saturation and 54% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #2ee5da?

rgb(46, 229, 218) — 46 red, 229 green and 218 blue out of 255, or 18% / 89.8% / 85.5% by channel.

What is #2ee5da in HSL and HSV?

hsl(176, 78%, 54%) and hsv(176, 80%, 90%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #2ee5da a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6168 and perceived brightness is 75%, so black text on it reaches 13.34:1.

Should I use black or white text on #2ee5da?

Black. It scores 13.34:1 against #2ee5da, versus 1.57:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #2ee5da accessible on a white background?

#2ee5da on white scores 1.57:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #10837C to reach 4.5:1, or #0C635E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #2ee5da?

#E52E39 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #E52E94 and #E57E2E, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #2ee5da?

For interface work: #F4FAFA as the surface, #C0EDEA for borders, #4B9B96 for secondary text, #EA2965 as an accent and #0E716B for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2EE57E and #2E94E5 stays calm, while #E52E39 is the loudest partner.

What is #2ee5da in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(80%, 0%, 5%, 10%). 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 #2ee5da warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 86 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #2EE597; nudged cooler, #2CB8E7.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #2ee5da?

The teal family — its 500 step is #14b8a6, ΔE2000 11.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #2ee5da as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #2ee5da in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#2ee5da] or text-[#2ee5da], 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 #2ee5da with 50% opacity?

rgba(46, 229, 218, 0.5), or #2ee5da80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #97F2ED; over black, #17736D.

Is #2ee5da a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #33CCCC, ΔE2000 6.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #2ee5da 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 #2ee5da?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #64ECE4, #2ee5da 45%, #0E716B). For more colour, a short hue run to #1B56D9 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #2ee5da in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #2ee5da at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.