#2AADD4#2AADD4

#2AADD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AADD4
RGB	rgb(42, 173, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -20.99, -29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 36.20, 234.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0875 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.12 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7771, 35.1294, 67.5912)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AADD4 #D4512A

analogous

#2AD4A6 #2AADD4 #2A58D4

triadic

#2AADD4 #D42AAD #ADD42A

tetradic

#2AADD4 #A62AD4 #D4512A #58D42A

square

#2AADD4 #A62AD4 #D4512A #58D42A

split-complementary

#2AADD4 #D42A58 #D4A62A

monochromatic

#165A6E #2083A1 #2AADD4 #5CC1DF #8FD4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#2AADD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#2AADD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AADD4

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AADD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AADD4	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A9D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8199D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aadd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 173, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c5e1',
    500: '#2aadd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aadd4;
$custom-light: #80c5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aadd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.765,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6969,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AADD4

secondary

#D39886

accent

#653EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AADD4

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

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