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#2cb9df

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

RGB
44, 185, 223
HSL
193°, 74%, 52%
CMYK
80, 17, 0, 13
Luminance
0.4056

Every format

HEX#2cb9df
RGBrgb(44, 185, 223)
HSLhsl(193, 74%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 17%, 0%, 13%)
LABlab(69.9 -23.4 -29.3)
LCHlch(69.9 37.5 231.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.731 0.125 221.2)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2cb9df;
background-color: #2cb9df;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2cb9df] bg-[#2cb9df]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2cb9df;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.173, green: 0.725, blue: 0.875)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2cb9df")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2cb9df on white: 2.30:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2cb9df on black: 9.11:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red17.3%
Green72.5%
Blue87.5%

CMYK percentages

Cyan80.3%
Magenta17.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)12.5%

Color previews

#2cb9df text on a black background

contrast 9.11:1

Card sample

#2cb9df text on a white background

contrast 2.30:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #2cb9df;
Background color
Panel with #2cb9df background
background-color: #2cb9df;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #2cb9df;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(44, 185, 223, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(44, 185, 223, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2cb9df;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cb9df, #2C42DF);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2cb9df

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2cb9df in the Color Lab