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#2ba5cc

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

RGB
43, 165, 204
HSL
195°, 65%, 48%
CMYK
79, 19, 0, 20
Luminance
0.3178

Every format

HEX#2ba5cc
RGBrgb(43, 165, 204)
HSLhsl(195, 65%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 19%, 0%, 20%)
LABlab(63.2 -19.4 -29.2)
LCHlch(63.2 35.0 236.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.674 0.116 224.7)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ba5cc;
background-color: #2ba5cc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ba5cc] bg-[#2ba5cc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ba5cc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.169, green: 0.647, blue: 0.800)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ba5cc")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ba5cc on white: 2.85:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ba5cc on black: 7.36:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.9%
Green64.7%
Blue80.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan78.9%
Magenta19.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)20.0%

Color previews

#2ba5cc text on a black background

contrast 7.36:1

Card sample

#2ba5cc text on a white background

contrast 2.85:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ba5cc;
Background color
Panel with #2ba5cc background
background-color: #2ba5cc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ba5cc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(43, 165, 204, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(43, 165, 204, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ba5cc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ba5cc, #2B3ACC);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ba5cc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ba5cc in the Color Lab