#2AA9D4#2AA9D4

#2AA9D4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.122 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AA9D4
RGB	rgb(42, 169, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -18.89, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 36.59, 238.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0838 -0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.122 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0215, 33.6183, 67.3394)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AA9D4 #D4552A

analogous

#2AD4AA #2AA9D4 #2A54D4

triadic

#2AA9D4 #D42AA9 #A9D42A

tetradic

#2AA9D4 #AA2AD4 #D4552A #54D42A

square

#2AA9D4 #AA2AD4 #D4552A #54D42A

split-complementary

#2AA9D4 #D42A54 #D4AA2A

monochromatic

#16586E #2080A1 #2AA9D4 #5CBEDF #8FD2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#2AA9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#2AA9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AA9D4

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AA9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AA9D4	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C96D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aa9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 169, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.122 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc2e1',
    500: '#2aa9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aa9d4;
$custom-light: #7fc2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aa9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.176,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68735,
    "c": 0.12155,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AA9D4

secondary

#D39A86

accent

#693EEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AA9D4

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

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