#2AA8C6#2AA8C6

#2AA8C6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.112 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA8C6
RGB	rgb(42, 168, 198)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -23.04, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 33.90, 227.19°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0882 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.112 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1462, 32.5716, 58.3768)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA8C6 #C6482A

analogous

#2AC696 #2AA8C6 #2A5AC6

triadic

#2AA8C6 #C62AA8 #A8C62A

tetradic

#2AA8C6 #962AC6 #C6482A #5AC62A

square

#2AA8C6 #962AC6 #C6482A #5AC62A

split-complementary

#2AA8C6 #C62A5A #C6962A

monochromatic

#155261 #1F7D94 #2AA8C6 #53C0DA #85D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#2AA8C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#2AA8C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA8C6

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA8C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA8C6	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8094C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa8c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 168, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.112 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dc2d7',
    500: '#2aa8c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa8c6;
$custom-light: #7dc2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa8c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67875,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA8C6

secondary

#CE8D7D

accent

#6040E8

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA8C6

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

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