#2AA8D4#2AA8D4

#2AA8D4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AA8D4
RGBrgb(42, 168, 212)
HSLhsl(196, 67%, 50%)
HSVhsv(196, 80%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(80.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(64.36, -18.37, -31.79)
CIE-LCHlch(64.36, 36.72, 239.99°)
OKLaboklab(68.5% -0.0829 -0.0894)
OKLCHoklch(68.5% 0.122 227.1)
XYZxyz(26.8362, 33.2476, 67.2776)
Luminance0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AA8D4 #D4562A
analogous
#2AD4AB #2AA8D4 #2A53D4
triadic
#2AA8D4 #D42AA8 #A8D42A
tetradic
#2AA8D4 #AB2AD4 #D4562A #53D42A
square
#2AA8D4 #AB2AD4 #D4562A #53D42A
split-complementary
#2AA8D4 #D42A53 #D4AB2A
monochromatic
#16576E #2080A1 #2AA8D4 #5CBDDF #8FD2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75
#2AA8D4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65
#2AA8D4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA8D4
7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AA8D4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AA8D41.002.757.657.65
#FFFFFF2.751.0021.0021.00
#0000007.6521.001.001.00
##0000007.6521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#90A5D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A95D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2aa8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 168, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 227.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc2e1',
    500: '#2aa8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2aa8d4;
$custom-light: #7fc2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2aa8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.529,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68497,
    "c": 0.12189,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AA8D4
secondary
#D39A86
accent
#6A3EEA
background
#F8FBFD
surface
#F0F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#2AA8D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva