#2CAAD3#2CAAD3

#2CAAD3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAAD3
RGB	rgb(44, 170, 211)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 19.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -19.57, -30.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 36.09, 237.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0844 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.12 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1664, 33.9847, 66.7433)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAAD3 #D3552C

analogous

#2CD3A9 #2CAAD3 #2C56D3

triadic

#2CAAD3 #D32CAA #AAD32C

tetradic

#2CAAD3 #A92CD3 #D3552C #56D32C

square

#2CAAD3 #A92CD3 #D3552C #56D32C

split-complementary

#2CAAD3 #D32C56 #D3A92C

monochromatic

#17586E #2181A0 #2CAAD3 #5FBEDE #91D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#2CAAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#2CAAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAAD3

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAAD3	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D97D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 170, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3e0',
    500: '#2caad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caad3;
$custom-light: #80c3e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.731,
    "s": 65.49,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68966,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAAD3

secondary

#D39A88

accent

#693FE8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAAD3

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

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