#2CB4D4#2CB4D4

#2CB4D4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.119 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2CB4D4
RGB	rgb(44, 180, 212)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -24.40, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 35.82, 227.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0934 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.119 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2386, 37.9278, 68.0544)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2CB4D4 #D44C2C

analogous

#2CD4A0 #2CB4D4 #2C60D4

triadic

#2CB4D4 #D42CB4 #B4D42C

tetradic

#2CB4D4 #A02CD4 #D44C2C #60D42C

square

#2CB4D4 #A02CD4 #D44C2C #60D42C

split-complementary

#2CB4D4 #D42C60 #D4A02C

monochromatic

#175E6F #2189A2 #2CB4D4 #5FC6DE #92D8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#2CB4D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#2CB4D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2CB4D4

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2CB4D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2CB4D4	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0AFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2cb4d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(44, 180, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.119 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81cae1',
    500: '#2cb4d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2cb4d4;
$custom-light: #81cae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2cb4d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 44,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71402,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2CB4D4

secondary

#D39788

accent

#5F3FE9

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0C1315

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #2CB4D4

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

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