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#2cacee

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

RGB
44, 172, 238
HSL
200°, 85%, 55%
CMYK
82, 28, 0, 7
Luminance
0.3621

Every format

HEX#2cacee
RGBrgb(44, 172, 238)
HSLhsl(200, 85%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 28%, 0%, 7%)
LABlab(66.7 -11.4 -42.5)
LCHlch(66.7 44.0 255.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.707 0.143 237.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #2cacee;
background-color: #2cacee;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#2cacee] bg-[#2cacee]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #2cacee;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.173, green: 0.675, blue: 0.933)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#2cacee")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#2cacee on white: 2.55:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#2cacee on black: 8.24:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red17.3%
Green67.5%
Blue93.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan81.5%
Magenta27.7%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)6.7%

Color previews

#2cacee text on a black background

contrast 8.24:1

Card sample

#2cacee text on a white background

contrast 2.55:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

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

Glowing headline

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

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(44, 172, 238, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(44, 172, 238, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #2cacee;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #2cacee, #2D2CEE);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #2cacee

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #2cacee in the Color Lab