#208AB3#208AB3

#208AB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.109 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208AB3
RGB	rgb(32, 138, 179)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 22.9%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -14.47, -29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 33.04, 244.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0705 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.109 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8175, 21.7365, 45.8956)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208AB3 #B34920

analogous

#20B393 #208AB3 #2041B3

triadic

#208AB3 #B3208A #8AB320

tetradic

#208AB3 #9320B3 #B34920 #41B320

square

#208AB3 #9320B3 #B34920 #41B320

split-complementary

#208AB3 #B32041 #B39320

monochromatic

#0D3A4B #17627F #208AB3 #35ADDB #69C2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#208AB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#208AB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208AB3

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208AB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208AB3	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208ab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 138, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.109 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acca',
    500: '#208ab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208ab3;
$custom-light: #75acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208ab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.735,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59497,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208AB3

secondary

#CA8165

accent

#6D3BEC

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #208AB3

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

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