#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
RGB	rgb(42, 172, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 18.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -20.47, -29.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 36.28, 235.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0866 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.121 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5861, 34.7473, 67.5276)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##2AACD4	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #2AACD4

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

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