#2CA9D4#2CA9D4

#2CA9D4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.121 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CA9D4
RGB	rgb(44, 169, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -18.70, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 36.44, 239.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0831 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.121 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1054, 33.6615, 67.3433)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CA9D4 #D4572C

analogous

#2CD4AB #2CA9D4 #2C55D4

triadic

#2CA9D4 #D42CA9 #A9D42C

tetradic

#2CA9D4 #AB2CD4 #D4572C #55D42C

square

#2CA9D4 #AB2CD4 #D4572C #55D42C

split-complementary

#2CA9D4 #D42C55 #D4AB2C

monochromatic

#17586F #2181A2 #2CA9D4 #5FBEDE #92D2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#2CA9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#2CA9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CA9D4

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CA9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CA9D4	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C96D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ca9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 169, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.121 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2e1',
    500: '#2ca9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ca9d4;
$custom-light: #80c2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ca9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.357,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68773,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CA9D4

secondary

#D39C88

accent

#6A3FE9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CA9D4

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

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