#2CAFCD#2CAFCD

#2CAFCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.115 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CAFCD
RGB	rgb(44, 175, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -24.13, -25.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 34.79, 226.08°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0914 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.115 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3834, 35.5998, 63.1740)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CAFCD #CD4A2C

analogous

#2CCD9B #2CAFCD #2C5FCD

triadic

#2CAFCD #CD2CAF #AFCD2C

tetradic

#2CAFCD #9B2CCD #CD4A2C #5FCD2C

square

#2CAFCD #9B2CCD #CD4A2C #5FCD2C

split-complementary

#2CAFCD #CD2C5F #CD9B2C

monochromatic

#165968 #21849B #2CAFCD #5BC4DC #8DD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#2CAFCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#2CAFCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CAFCD

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CAFCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CAFCD	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cafcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 175, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.115 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c7dc',
    500: '#2cafcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cafcd;
$custom-light: #80c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cafcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.18,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69904,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CAFCD

secondary

#D19284

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CAFCD

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

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