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#2bbaff

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

RGB
43, 186, 255
HSL
200°, 100%, 58%
CMYK
83, 27, 0, 0
Luminance
0.4285

Every format

HEX#2bbaff
RGBrgb(43, 186, 255)
HSLhsl(200, 100%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(83%, 27%, 0%, 0%)
LABlab(71.5 -13.2 -44.2)
LCHlch(71.5 46.1 253.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.748 0.151 236.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2bbaff;
background-color: #2bbaff;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2bbaff] bg-[#2bbaff]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2bbaff;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.169, green: 0.729, blue: 1.000)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2bbaff")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2bbaff on white: 2.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2bbaff on black: 9.57:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.9%
Green72.9%
Blue100.0%

CMYK percentages

Cyan83.1%
Magenta27.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)0.0%

Color previews

#2bbaff text on a black background

contrast 9.57:1

Card sample

#2bbaff text on a white background

contrast 2.19:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(43, 186, 255, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(43, 186, 255, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2bbaff;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2bbaff, #2B2DFF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2bbaff

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2bbaff in the Color Lab