#2BADE2#2BADE2

#2BADE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.131 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2BADE2
RGB	rgb(43, 173, 226)
HSL	hsl(197, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 23.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -16.17, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 39.73, 245.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0821 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.131 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6617, 35.8880, 77.3005)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2BADE2 #E2602B

analogous

#2BE2BB #2BADE2 #2B51E2

triadic

#2BADE2 #E22BAD #ADE22B

tetradic

#2BADE2 #BB2BE2 #E2602B #51E22B

square

#2BADE2 #BB2BE2 #E2602B #51E22B

split-complementary

#2BADE2 #E22B51 #E2BB2B

monochromatic

#126181 #1989B7 #2BADE2 #61C2E9 #97D7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#2BADE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#2BADE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2BADE2

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2BADE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2BADE2	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)

#92ABE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9AE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2bade2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(43, 173, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.131 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5eb',
    500: '#2bade2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2bade2;
$custom-light: #82c5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2bade2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 43,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.377,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70351,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2BADE2

secondary

#DCA48D

accent

#6C35F3

background

#F8FCFE

surface

#F0F8FD

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0C1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #2BADE2

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

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