#2AA5C7#2AA5C7

#2AA5C7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.113 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA5C7
RGB	rgb(42, 165, 199)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 17.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, -21.15, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 34.11, 231.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.085 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.113 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7144, 31.5230, 58.8037)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA5C7 #C74C2A

analogous

#2AC79B #2AA5C7 #2A56C7

triadic

#2AA5C7 #C72AA5 #A5C72A

tetradic

#2AA5C7 #9B2AC7 #C74C2A #56C72A

square

#2AA5C7 #9B2AC7 #C74C2A #56C72A

split-complementary

#2AA5C7 #C72A56 #C79B2A

monochromatic

#155162 #1F7B94 #2AA5C7 #53BDDB #86D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#2AA5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#2AA5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA5C7

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA5C7	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 165, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.113 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc0d8',
    500: '#2aa5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa5c7;
$custom-light: #7dc0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.994,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67192,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA5C7

secondary

#CF8F7E

accent

#6440E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA5C7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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