#2AA6D4#2AA6D4

#2AA6D4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.123 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA6D4
RGB	rgb(42, 166, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -17.30, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 37.01, 242.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0811 -0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.123 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4698, 32.5148, 67.1555)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA6D4 #D4582A

analogous

#2AD4AD #2AA6D4 #2A51D4

triadic

#2AA6D4 #D42AA6 #A6D42A

tetradic

#2AA6D4 #AD2AD4 #D4582A #51D42A

square

#2AA6D4 #AD2AD4 #D4582A #51D42A

split-complementary

#2AA6D4 #D42A51 #D4AD2A

monochromatic

#16566E #207EA1 #2AA6D4 #5CBCDF #8FD1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#2AA6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#2AA6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA6D4

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA6D4	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7894D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 166, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.123 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc0e1',
    500: '#2aa6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa6d4;
$custom-light: #7fc0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.235,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68021,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA6D4

secondary

#D39B86

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA6D4

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

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