#2AABD4#2AABD4

#2AABD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.121 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AABD4
RGBrgb(42, 171, 212)
HSLhsl(194, 67%, 50%)
HSVhsv(194, 80%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(80.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.25, -19.95, -30.41)
CIE-LCHlch(65.25, 36.37, 236.74°)
OKLaboklab(69.21% -0.0857 -0.0854)
OKLCHoklch(69.21% 0.121 224.9)
XYZxyz(27.3965, 34.3681, 67.4644)
Luminance0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AABD4 #D4532A
analogous
#2AD4A8 #2AABD4 #2A56D4
triadic
#2AABD4 #D42AAB #ABD42A
tetradic
#2AABD4 #A82AD4 #D4532A #56D42A
square
#2AABD4 #A82AD4 #D4532A #56D42A
split-complementary
#2AABD4 #D42A56 #D4A82A
monochromatic
#16596E #2082A1 #2AABD4 #5CBFDF #8FD3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67
#2AABD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87
#2AABD4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AABD4
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AABD4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AABD41.002.677.877.87
#FFFFFF2.671.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8721.001.001.00
##0000007.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#94A7D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E97D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B7B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2aabd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 171, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.121 224.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4e1',
    500: '#2aabd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2aabd4;
$custom-light: #80c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2aabd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.471,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69212,
    "c": 0.12094,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AABD4
secondary
#D39986
accent
#673EEA
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

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#2AABD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva