#2CAAD4#2CAAD4

#2CAAD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAAD4
RGB	rgb(44, 170, 212)
HSL	hsl(195, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 19.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -19.23, -30.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 36.32, 238.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.084 -0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.121 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2922, 34.0350, 67.4056)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAAD4 #D4562C

analogous

#2CD4AA #2CAAD4 #2C56D4

triadic

#2CAAD4 #D42CAA #AAD42C

tetradic

#2CAAD4 #AA2CD4 #D4562C #56D42C

square

#2CAAD4 #AA2CD4 #D4562C #56D42C

split-complementary

#2CAAD4 #D42C56 #D4AA2C

monochromatic

#17596F #2182A2 #2CAAD4 #5FBEDE #92D3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#2CAAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#2CAAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAAD4

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAAD4	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A7D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D97D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 170, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c3e1',
    500: '#2caad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caad4;
$custom-light: #80c3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69011,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAAD4

secondary

#D39B88

accent

#693FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAAD4

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

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