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#2acce9

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

RGB
42, 204, 233
HSL
189°, 81%, 54%
CMYK
82, 12, 0, 9
Luminance
0.4956

Every format

HEX#2acce9
RGBrgb(42, 204, 233)
HSLhsl(189, 81%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 12%, 0%, 9%)
LABlab(75.8 -29.8 -25.6)
LCHlch(75.8 39.3 220.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.780 0.130 213.6)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acce9;
background-color: #2acce9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acce9] bg-[#2acce9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acce9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.800, blue: 0.914)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acce9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acce9 on white: 1.92:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acce9 on black: 10.91:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green80.0%
Blue91.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan82.0%
Magenta12.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)8.6%

Color previews

#2acce9 text on a black background

contrast 10.91:1

Card sample

#2acce9 text on a white background

contrast 1.92:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2acce9;
Background color
Panel with #2acce9 background
background-color: #2acce9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2acce9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 204, 233, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 204, 233, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acce9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acce9, #2A4DE9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acce9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acce9 in the Color Lab