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#2baee9

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

RGB
43, 174, 233
HSL
199°, 81%, 54%
CMYK
82, 25, 0, 9
Luminance
0.3667

Every format

HEX#2baee9
RGBrgb(43, 174, 233)
HSLhsl(199, 81%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
LABlab(67.0 -14.3 -39.2)
LCHlch(67.0 41.7 249.9)
OKLCHoklch(0.709 0.137 233.9)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2baee9;
background-color: #2baee9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2baee9] bg-[#2baee9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2baee9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.169, green: 0.682, blue: 0.914)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2baee9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2baee9 on white: 2.52:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2baee9 on black: 8.33:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.9%
Green68.2%
Blue91.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan81.5%
Magenta25.3%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)8.6%

Color previews

#2baee9 text on a black background

contrast 8.33:1

Card sample

#2baee9 text on a white background

contrast 2.52:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2baee9;
Background color
Panel with #2baee9 background
background-color: #2baee9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2baee9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(43, 174, 233, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(43, 174, 233, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2baee9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2baee9, #2B2FE9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2baee9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2baee9 in the Color Lab