HEX Color #2CE9DB (Turquoise)

About #2CE9DB

When working with digital screens, the color #2CE9DB is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Turquoise. Its digital footprint relies on 44 parts red, 233 parts green, and 219 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. The color uses 81% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 6% Yellow, and 9% Black. The HSL representation is 175.6° hue, 81.1% saturation, and 54.3% lightness.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#2CE9DB

RGB44, 233, 219

HSL175.6°, 81.1%, 54.3%

CMYK81%, 0%, 6%, 9%

HSV175.6°, 81.1%, 91.4%

LAB83.9, -47.0, -6.0

XYZ43.0, 63.9, 77.1

Decimal2943451

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#2CE9DB #E92B39

Analogous

#2BE97C #2B98E9

Triadic

#DB2BE9 #E9DB2B

Tetradic

#7C2BE9 #E92B39 #98E92B

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#2CE9DB

#43EBDF

#5AEDE3

#72F0E7

#89F2EB

#A1F5EF

#B8F7F3

#D0FAF7

#E7FCFB

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#2CE9DB

#27CFC2

#22B5AA

#1D9B92

#188179

#136761

#0E4D49

#093330

#041918

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.52:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

13.79:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.46:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

11.72:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #2CE9DB; }

.text-color { color: #2CE9DB; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #2CE9DB; }

Similar Colors

Turquoise

#40E0D0