#2CAED4#2CAED4

#2CAED4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.120 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAED4
RGB	rgb(44, 174, 212)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -21.32, -28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 35.98, 233.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0878 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.12 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0534, 35.5576, 67.6593)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAED4 #D4522C

analogous

#2CD4A6 #2CAED4 #2C5AD4

triadic

#2CAED4 #D42CAE #AED42C

tetradic

#2CAED4 #A62CD4 #D4522C #5AD42C

square

#2CAED4 #A62CD4 #D4522C #5AD42C

split-complementary

#2CAED4 #D42C5A #D4A62C

monochromatic

#175B6F #2185A2 #2CAED4 #5FC2DE #92D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#2CAED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#2CAED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAED4

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAED4	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AAD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#829AD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2caed4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 174, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.120 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c6e1',
    500: '#2caed4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2caed4;
$custom-light: #80c6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2caed4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.571,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69966,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAED4

secondary

#D39988

accent

#653FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAED4

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

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