#2AAED4#2AAED4

#2AAED4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.120 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AAED4
RGB	rgb(42, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -21.51, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 36.13, 233.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0884 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.12 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9696, 35.5143, 67.6554)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2AAED4 #D4502A

analogous

#2AD4A5 #2AAED4 #2A59D4

triadic

#2AAED4 #D42AAE #AED42A

tetradic

#2AAED4 #A52AD4 #D4502A #59D42A

square

#2AAED4 #A52AD4 #D4502A #59D42A

split-complementary

#2AAED4 #D42A59 #D4A52A

monochromatic

#165A6E #2084A1 #2AAED4 #5CC2DF #8FD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#2AAED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#2AAED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AAED4

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AAED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AAED4	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aaed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.120 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6e1',
    500: '#2aaed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aaed4;
$custom-light: #80c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aaed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.412,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69929,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AAED4

secondary

#D39886

accent

#643EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AAED4

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

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