#2AAFD4#2AAFD4

#2AAFD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.120 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AAFD4
RGB	rgb(42, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -22.03, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 36.08, 232.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0894 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.12 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1635, 35.9021, 67.7200)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AAFD4 #D44F2A

analogous

#2AD4A4 #2AAFD4 #2A5AD4

triadic

#2AAFD4 #D42AAF #AFD42A

tetradic

#2AAFD4 #A42AD4 #D44F2A #5AD42A

square

#2AAFD4 #A42AD4 #D44F2A #5AD42A

split-complementary

#2AAFD4 #D42A5A #D4A42A

monochromatic

#165B6E #2085A1 #2AAFD4 #5CC2DF #8FD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#2AAFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#2AAFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AAFD4

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AAFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AAFD4	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ABD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aafd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.120 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7e1',
    500: '#2aafd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aafd4;
$custom-light: #80c7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aafd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.059,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70169,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AAFD4

secondary

#D39786

accent

#633EEA

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AAFD4

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

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