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#2ac4fe

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

RGB
42, 196, 254
HSL
196°, 99%, 58%
CMYK
84, 23, 0, 0
Luminance
0.4713

Every format

HEX#2ac4fe
RGBrgb(42, 196, 254)
HSLhsl(196, 99%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(84%, 23%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(74.3 -18.9 -39.3)
LCHlch(74.3 43.6 244.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.770 0.145 230.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac4fe;
background-color: #2ac4fe;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac4fe] bg-[#2ac4fe]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac4fe;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.769, blue: 0.996)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac4fe")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac4fe on white: 2.01:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac4fe on black: 10.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green76.9%
Blue99.6%

CMYK percentages

Cyan83.5%
Magenta22.8%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.4%

Color previews

#2ac4fe text on a black background

contrast 10.43:1

Card sample

#2ac4fe text on a white background

contrast 2.01:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac4fe;
Background color
Panel with #2ac4fe background
background-color: #2ac4fe;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac4fe;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 196, 254, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 196, 254, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac4fe;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac4fe, #2A37FE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac4fe

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac4fe in the Color Lab