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#2aaace

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

RGB
42, 170, 206
HSL
193°, 66%, 49%
CMYK
80, 18, 0, 19
Luminance
0.3370

Every format

HEX#2aaace
RGBrgb(42, 170, 206)
HSLhsl(193, 66%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 18%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(64.7 -21.4 -27.9)
LCHlch(64.7 35.2 232.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.687 0.117 222.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2aaace;
background-color: #2aaace;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2aaace] bg-[#2aaace]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2aaace;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.667, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2aaace")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2aaace on white: 2.71:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2aaace on black: 7.74:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green66.7%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.6%
Magenta17.5%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#2aaace text on a black background

contrast 7.74:1

Card sample

#2aaace text on a white background

contrast 2.71:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 170, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 170, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2aaace;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aaace, #2A3DCE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2aaace

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2aaace in the Color Lab