#2BADC8#2BADC8

#2BADC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.113 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BADC8
RGB	rgb(43, 173, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -24.84, -23.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 34.21, 223.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0918 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.113 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3607, 34.5676, 59.9153)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BADC8 #C8462B

analogous

#2BC894 #2BADC8 #2B5FC8

triadic

#2BADC8 #C82BAD #ADC82B

tetradic

#2BADC8 #942BC8 #C8462B #5FC82B

square

#2BADC8 #942BC8 #C8462B #5FC82B

split-complementary

#2BADC8 #C82B5F #C8942B

monochromatic

#155663 #208196 #2BADC8 #56C4DB #88D5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#2BADC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#2BADC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BADC8

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BADC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BADC8	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8698C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2badc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 173, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.113 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec5d8',
    500: '#2badc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2badc8;
$custom-light: #7ec5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2badc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.318,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69192,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BADC8

secondary

#CF8D80

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BADC8

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

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