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Caffeinated Aqua

#2fe7e9
Notes

Caffeinated Aqua (#2FE7E9) is a true cyan with a vibrant character. It holds its own as a focal accent, carrying visual weight without tipping into neon territory. Its HSL profile (181°, 81%, 55%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary red. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#2fe7e9
RGB
rgb(47, 231, 233)
HSL
hsl(181, 81%, 55%)
HWB
hwb(181 18% 9%)
OKLCH
oklch(84.4% 0.137 196.0)
HSV
hsv(181, 80%, 91%)
LAB
lab(83.77% -41.96 -13.57)
LCH
lch(83.77% 44.10 197.92)
CMYK
cmyk(80%, 1%, 0%, 9%)

Etymology

Caffeinated
adjective

Modern French caféine — past-participle of caffeinate. As a color modifier, caffeinated implies a saturated-and-jumpy-and-active quality, the bright color of Red-Bull-and-Monster energy-drink-can label-design saturated-and-energizing palette. Sits at the bright-and-active end of the grid, parallel to jazzed and wired in usage.

Aqua
noun

Latin for water, borrowed into English as a color name in the early twentieth century — initially for the pale blue-green of swimming pools and tropical seas. The color refers to a clear-bottomed swimming pool in midday sun: a clean, slightly green-shifted light blue with the optical clarity of filtered water. Cooler than seafoam, lighter than turquoise, with the mid-century weight of a word that paints itself across postwar interior decor.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#2fe7e9
Original
#d7dce9
Protanopia
#bec9ea
Deuteranopia
#00efe7
Tritanopia
#c0c0c0
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.53:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
13.73:1

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