#2CAEC9#2CAEC9

#2CAEC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAEC9
RGB	rgb(44, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -24.92, -23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 34.28, 223.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.092 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.113 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7129, 35.0213, 60.5989)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAEC9 #C9472C

analogous

#2CC995 #2CAEC9 #2C60C9

triadic

#2CAEC9 #C92CAE #AEC92C

tetradic

#2CAEC9 #952CC9 #C9472C #60C92C

square

#2CAEC9 #952CC9 #C9472C #60C92C

split-complementary

#2CAEC9 #C92C60 #C9952C

monochromatic

#165765 #218397 #2CAEC9 #58C4DA #8AD6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#2CAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#2CAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAEC9

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAEC9	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8799C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fc6d9',
    500: '#2caec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caec9;
$custom-light: #7fc6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.318,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69494,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAEC9

secondary

#CF8F82

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAEC9

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

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