#2CA8D4#2CA8D4

#2CA8D4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8D4
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(196, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 20.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -18.17, -31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 36.57, 240.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.0822 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.121 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9201, 33.2909, 67.2816)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8D4 #D4582C

analogous

#2CD4AC #2CA8D4 #2C54D4

triadic

#2CA8D4 #D42CA8 #A8D42C

tetradic

#2CA8D4 #AC2CD4 #D4582C #54D42C

square

#2CA8D4 #AC2CD4 #D4582C #54D42C

split-complementary

#2CA8D4 #D42C54 #D4AC2C

monochromatic

#17586F #2180A2 #2CA8D4 #5FBDDE #92D2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#2CA8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#2CA8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8D4

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8D4	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A95D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2e1',
    500: '#2ca8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8d4;
$custom-light: #80c2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.714,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68535,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8D4

secondary

#D39C88

accent

#6B3FE9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8D4

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

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