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#2aceea

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

RGB
42, 206, 234
HSL
189°, 82%, 54%
CMYK
82, 12, 0, 8
Luminance
0.5058

Every format

HEX#2aceea
RGBrgb(42, 206, 234)
HSLhsl(189, 82%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 12%, 0%, 8%)
LABlab(76.4 -30.4 -25.2)
LCHlch(76.4 39.5 219.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.785 0.130 212.8)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2aceea;
background-color: #2aceea;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2aceea] bg-[#2aceea]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2aceea;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.165, green: 0.808, blue: 0.918)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2aceea")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2aceea on white: 1.89:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2aceea on black: 11.12:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red16.5%
Green80.8%
Blue91.8%

CMYK percentages

Cyan82.1%
Magenta12.0%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)8.2%

Color previews

#2aceea text on a black background

contrast 11.12:1

Card sample

#2aceea text on a white background

contrast 1.89:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(42, 206, 234, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(42, 206, 234, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2aceea;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2aceea, #2A4EEA);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2aceea

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2aceea in the Color Lab