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#2acce5

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

RGB
42, 204, 229
HSL
188°, 78%, 53%
CMYK
82, 11, 0, 10
Luminance
0.4934

Every format

HEX#2acce5
RGBrgb(42, 204, 229)
HSLhsl(188, 78%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 11%, 0%, 10%)
LABlab(75.7 -31.0 -23.7)
LCHlch(75.7 39.0 217.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.778 0.128 211.1)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acce5;
background-color: #2acce5;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acce5] bg-[#2acce5]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acce5;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.800, blue: 0.898)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acce5")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acce5 on white: 1.93:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acce5 on black: 10.87:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green80.0%
Blue89.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan81.7%
Magenta10.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)10.2%

Color previews

#2acce5 text on a black background

contrast 10.87:1

Card sample

#2acce5 text on a white background

contrast 1.93:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2acce5;
Background color
Panel with #2acce5 background
background-color: #2acce5;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2acce5;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 204, 229, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 204, 229, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acce5;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acce5, #2A4FE5);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acce5

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acce5 in the Color Lab