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#2acbde

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

RGB
42, 203, 222
HSL
186°, 73%, 52%
CMYK
81, 9, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4848

Every format

HEX#2acbde
RGBrgb(42, 203, 222)
HSLhsl(186, 73%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(81%, 9%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(75.1 -32.7 -20.8)
LCHlch(75.1 38.7 212.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.773 0.126 207.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acbde;
background-color: #2acbde;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acbde] bg-[#2acbde]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acbde;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.796, blue: 0.871)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acbde")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acbde on white: 1.96:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acbde on black: 10.70:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green79.6%
Blue87.1%

CMYK percentages

Cyan81.1%
Magenta8.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.9%

Color previews

#2acbde text on a black background

contrast 10.70:1

Card sample

#2acbde text on a white background

contrast 1.96:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 203, 222, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 203, 222, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acbde;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acbde, #2A53DE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acbde

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acbde in the Color Lab