#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
RGB	rgb(42, 168, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.36, -18.37, -31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.36, 36.72, 239.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0829 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.122 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8362, 33.2476, 67.2776)
Luminance	0.3325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##2AA8D4	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #2AA8D4

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

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