Skip to content

#2bafe9

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

RGB
43, 175, 233
HSL
198°, 81%, 54%
CMYK
82, 25, 0, 9
Luminance
0.3706

Every format

HEX#2bafe9
RGBrgb(43, 175, 233)
HSLhsl(198, 81%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
LABlab(67.3 -14.8 -38.8)
LCHlch(67.3 41.5 249.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.712 0.136 233.3)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2bafe9;
background-color: #2bafe9;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2bafe9] bg-[#2bafe9]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2bafe9;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.169, green: 0.686, blue: 0.914)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2bafe9")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2bafe9 on white: 2.50:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2bafe9 on black: 8.41:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.9%
Green68.6%
Blue91.4%

CMYK percentages

Cyan81.5%
Magenta24.9%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)8.6%

Color previews

#2bafe9 text on a black background

contrast 8.41:1

Card sample

#2bafe9 text on a white background

contrast 2.50:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2bafe9;
Background color
Panel with #2bafe9 background
background-color: #2bafe9;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2bafe9;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(43, 175, 233, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(43, 175, 233, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2bafe9;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2bafe9, #2B30E9);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2bafe9

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2bafe9 in the Color Lab