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#2acde3

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

RGB
42, 205, 227
HSL
187°, 77%, 53%
CMYK
82, 10, 0, 11
Luminance
0.4970

Every format

HEX#2acde3
RGBrgb(42, 205, 227)
HSLhsl(187, 77%, 53%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 10%, 0%, 11%)
LABlab(75.9 -32.1 -22.3)
LCHlch(75.9 39.1 214.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.780 0.127 209.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2acde3;
background-color: #2acde3;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2acde3] bg-[#2acde3]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2acde3;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.804, blue: 0.890)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2acde3")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2acde3 on white: 1.92:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2acde3 on black: 10.94:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green80.4%
Blue89.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan81.5%
Magenta9.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)11.0%

Color previews

#2acde3 text on a black background

contrast 10.94:1

Card sample

#2acde3 text on a white background

contrast 1.92:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2acde3;
Background color
Panel with #2acde3 background
background-color: #2acde3;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2acde3;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 205, 227, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 205, 227, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2acde3;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2acde3, #2A52E3);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2acde3

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2acde3 in the Color Lab