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#2ac9ea

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

RGB
42, 201, 234
HSL
190°, 82%, 54%
CMYK
82, 14, 0, 8
Luminance
0.4821

Every format

HEX#2ac9ea
RGBrgb(42, 201, 234)
HSLhsl(190, 82%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 14%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(75.0 -28.0 -27.5)
LCHlch(75.0 39.2 224.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.773 0.130 216.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ac9ea;
background-color: #2ac9ea;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ac9ea] bg-[#2ac9ea]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ac9ea;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.788, blue: 0.918)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ac9ea")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ac9ea on white: 1.97:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ac9ea on black: 10.64:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green78.8%
Blue91.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan82.1%
Magenta14.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)8.2%

Color previews

#2ac9ea text on a black background

contrast 10.64:1

Card sample

#2ac9ea text on a white background

contrast 1.97:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ac9ea;
Background color
Panel with #2ac9ea background
background-color: #2ac9ea;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ac9ea;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 201, 234, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 201, 234, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ac9ea;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ac9ea, #2A49EA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ac9ea

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ac9ea in the Color Lab