#2acede

Color #2acede

A vivid, highly saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Dark Turquoise #00ced1 · ΔE 8.37 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-400 #00d3f2 · ΔE 4.6

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Conversions

HEX

#2acede

RGB

rgb(42, 206, 222)

HSL

hsl(185.3, 73.2%, 51.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.3, 81.1%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(81.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(76.01, -34.15, -19.41)

LCH

lch(76.01, 39.28, 209.61)

OKLCH

oklch(78%, 0.1263, 205.31)

HWB

hwb(185.3, 16.5%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#de3a2a

Analogous

#2ade94

#2acede

#2a74de

Triadic

#2acede

#de2ace

#cede2a

Split-complementary

#2acede

#de2a74

#de942a

Tetradic

#2acede

#3a2ade

#de3a2a

#cede2a

Square

#2acede

#942ade

#de3a2a

#74de2a

Shades

Color #2acede mixed toward black.

#1eb0bf

#188d99

#126a72

#0c474c

#062326

Tints

Color #2acede mixed toward white.

#4ed6e4

#71dee9

#95e7ef

#b8eff4

#dcf7fa

Tones

Color #2acede mixed toward gray.

#39c2cf

#48b5c0

#57a9b1

#669da2

#759093

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.91:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.98:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.98:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9092da · ΔE 31.5

Deuteranopia

#887cd9 · ΔE 36.4

Tritanopia

#41d7d7 · ΔE 5.8

Achromatopsia

#bbbbbb · ΔE 23.2

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #2acede;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#2acede]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#2acede (#2acede) is rgb(42, 206, 222) in RGB.

No, #2acede is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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