#2AACD4#2AACD4

#2AACD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#2AACD4
RGBrgb(42, 172, 212)
HSLhsl(194, 67%, 50%)
HSVhsv(194, 80%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(80.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.55, -20.47, -29.95)
CIE-LCHlch(65.55, 36.28, 235.65°)
OKLaboklab(69.45% -0.0866 -0.084)
OKLCHoklch(69.45% 0.121 224.1)
XYZxyz(27.5861, 34.7473, 67.5276)
Luminance0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#2AACD4 #D4522A
analogous
#2AD4A7 #2AACD4 #2A57D4
triadic
#2AACD4 #D42AAC #ACD42A
tetradic
#2AACD4 #A72AD4 #D4522A #57D42A
square
#2AACD4 #A72AD4 #D4522A #57D42A
split-complementary
#2AACD4 #D42A57 #D4A72A
monochromatic
#16596E #2083A1 #2AACD4 #5CC0DF #8FD4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64
#2AACD4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95
#2AACD4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AACD4
7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##2AACD4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2AACD41.002.647.957.95
#FFFFFF2.641.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9521.001.001.00
##0000007.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#96A8D6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F98D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B8B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #2aacd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 172, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 224.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c4e1',
    500: '#2aacd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #2aacd4;
$custom-light: #80c4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#2aacd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.118,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69451,
    "c": 0.12068,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#2AACD4
secondary
#D39986
accent
#663EEA
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F8FB
border
#CBD1D4
text
#0C1215
muted
#7D8183

Preview Lab

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#2AACD4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva