Radix Cyan

Radix UI's cyan scale — 12 semantically labeled steps published in both light and dark variants. A bright sky-leaning blue-green, between sky and teal. Step 1 is app background, step 9 is the solid brand color, step 12 is high-contrast text. The same step number means the same semantic role across light and dark, with different hex values per mode.

28 swatches 14 light roles 14 dark roles radixcooldesign-systemscaledual-mode

Swatches

cyan-1-light
#FAFDFE
App background.
cyan-2-light
#F2FAFB
Subtle background.
cyan-3-light
#DEF7F9
UI element background.
cyan-4-light
#CAF1F6
Hovered UI element background.
cyan-5-light
#B5E9F0
Active / selected UI element background.
cyan-6-light
#9DDDE7
Subtle borders and separators.
cyan-7-light
#7DCEDC
UI element border and focus rings.
cyan-8-light
#3DB9CF
Hovered UI element border.
cyan-9-light
#00A2C7
Solid background — the brand color step.
cyan-10-light
#0797B9
Hovered solid background.
cyan-11-light
#107D98
Low-contrast text.
cyan-12-light
#0D3C48
High-contrast text.
cyan-1-dark
#0B161A
App background.
cyan-2-dark
#101B20
Subtle background.
cyan-3-dark
#082C36
UI element background.
cyan-4-dark
#003848
Hovered UI element background.
cyan-5-dark
#004558
Active / selected UI element background.
cyan-6-dark
#045468
Subtle borders and separators.
cyan-7-dark
#12677E
UI element border and focus rings.
cyan-8-dark
#11809C
Hovered UI element border.
cyan-9-dark
#00A2C7
Solid background — the brand color step.
cyan-10-dark
#23AFD0
Hovered solid background.
cyan-11-dark
#4CCCE6
Low-contrast text.
cyan-12-dark
#B6ECF7
High-contrast text.
slate-11-light
#60646C
Neutral text imported from Radix Slate for legibility on the chromatic scale's mid-tone backgrounds. Step 11 is low-contrast text.
slate-12-light
#1C2024
Neutral text imported from Radix Slate for legibility on the chromatic scale's mid-tone backgrounds. Step 12 is high-contrast text.
slate-11-dark
#B0B4BA
Neutral text imported from Radix Slate for legibility on the chromatic scale's mid-tone backgrounds. Step 11 is low-contrast text.
slate-12-dark
#EDEEF0
Neutral text imported from Radix Slate for legibility on the chromatic scale's mid-tone backgrounds. Step 12 is high-contrast text.

Mode role mappings

Light mode (14 roles)

accent → cyan-8-light
accent-hover → cyan-7-light
background → cyan-1-light
error → cyan-12-light
primary → cyan-9-light
primary-hover → cyan-10-light
success → cyan-9-light
surface → cyan-2-light
surface-elevated → cyan-3-light
text-primary → slate-12-light
text-secondary → slate-11-light
text-tertiary → cyan-9-light
warning → cyan-9-light
warning-hover → cyan-10-light

Dark mode (14 roles)

accent → cyan-8-dark
accent-hover → cyan-7-dark
background → cyan-1-dark
error → cyan-12-dark
primary → cyan-9-dark
primary-hover → cyan-10-dark
success → cyan-9-dark
surface → cyan-2-dark
surface-elevated → cyan-3-dark
text-primary → slate-12-dark
text-secondary → slate-11-dark
text-tertiary → cyan-9-dark
warning → cyan-9-dark
warning-hover → cyan-10-dark

Provenance

Source
https://www.radix-ui.com/colors/docs/palette-composition/scales
License
MIT
Attribution
Radix Colors, Copyright WorkOS, Inc., MIT licensed. Imported from the radix-ui/colors repository on GitHub.
Imported
2026-05-18 (upstream version 3.0.0)
Notes
Radix publishes distinct hex values for each scale in light and dark mode. This atom carries both as -light and -dark suffixed swatches; modes.light.roles points at -light swatches and modes.dark.roles at -dark swatches. Cyan is a chromatic hue and makes a poor neutral for body text, so steps 11 and 12 of Radix Slate are imported as supplementary swatches and used for text-primary and text-secondary in both modes.