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#2ac5ff

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

RGB
42, 197, 255
HSL
196°, 100%, 58%
CMYK
84, 23, 0, 0
Luminance
0.4764

Every format

HEX#2ac5ff
RGBrgb(42, 197, 255)
HSLhsl(196, 100%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(84%, 23%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(74.6 -19.1 -39.3)
LCHlch(74.6 43.7 244.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.773 0.145 229.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac5ff;
background-color: #2ac5ff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac5ff] bg-[#2ac5ff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac5ff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.773, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac5ff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac5ff on white: 1.99:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac5ff on black: 10.53:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green77.3%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan83.5%
Magenta22.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#2ac5ff text on a black background

contrast 10.53:1

Card sample

#2ac5ff text on a white background

contrast 1.99:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac5ff;
Background color
Panel with #2ac5ff background
background-color: #2ac5ff;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac5ff;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 197, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 197, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac5ff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac5ff, #2A37FF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac5ff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac5ff in the Color Lab