#2CA8DE#2CA8DE

#2CA8DE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.130 H 232.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA8DE
RGB	rgb(44, 168, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 73%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(198, 80%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 24.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -14.76, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 39.48, 248.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0787 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.13 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2208, 33.8111, 74.1319)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA8DE #DE622C

analogous

#2CDEBB #2CA8DE #2C4FDE

triadic

#2CA8DE #DE2CA8 #A8DE2C

tetradic

#2CA8DE #BB2CDE #DE622C #4FDE2C

square

#2CA8DE #BB2CDE #DE622C #4FDE2C

split-complementary

#2CA8DE #DE2C4F #DEBB2C

monochromatic

#135C7C #1C84B1 #2CA8DE #61BEE6 #96D4EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#2CA8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#2CA8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA8DE

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA8DE	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7696DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 168, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.130 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c1e8',
    500: '#2ca8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca8de;
$custom-light: #82c1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.202,
    "s": 72.951,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69005,
    "c": 0.12981,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA8DE

secondary

#DAA48C

accent

#7038F0

background

#F8FBFE

surface

#F0F7FC

border

#CBD0D5

text

#0C1216

muted

#7D8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA8DE

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

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