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#2ba5ce

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

RGB
43, 165, 206
HSL
195°, 66%, 49%
CMYK
79, 20, 0, 19
Luminance
0.3188

Every format

HEX#2ba5ce
RGBrgb(43, 165, 206)
HSLhsl(195, 66%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(79%, 20%, 0%, 19%)
LABlab(63.2 -18.7 -30.2)
LCHlch(63.2 35.5 238.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.675 0.118 226.0)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2ba5ce;
background-color: #2ba5ce;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2ba5ce] bg-[#2ba5ce]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2ba5ce;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.169, green: 0.647, blue: 0.808)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2ba5ce")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2ba5ce on white: 2.85:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2ba5ce on black: 7.38:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.9%
Green64.7%
Blue80.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan79.1%
Magenta19.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)19.2%

Color previews

#2ba5ce text on a black background

contrast 7.38:1

Card sample

#2ba5ce text on a white background

contrast 2.85:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2ba5ce;
Background color
Panel with #2ba5ce background
background-color: #2ba5ce;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2ba5ce;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(43, 165, 206, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(43, 165, 206, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2ba5ce;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2ba5ce, #2B38CE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2ba5ce

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2ba5ce in the Color Lab