#208BAE#208BAE

#208BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.105 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208BAE
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(195, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -16.78, -26.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 31.53, 237.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% -0.0733 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.105 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4651, 21.8261, 43.3286)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208BAE #AE4320

analogous

#20AE8A #208BAE #2044AE

triadic

#208BAE #AE208B #8BAE20

tetradic

#208BAE #8A20AE #AE4320 #44AE20

square

#208BAE #8A20AE #AE4320 #44AE20

split-complementary

#208BAE #AE2044 #AE8A20

monochromatic

#0D3847 #16627A #208BAE #32B0D9 #66C4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#208BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#208BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208BAE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208BAE	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.105 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc6',
    500: '#208bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208bae;
$custom-light: #75adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.789,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59503,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208BAE

secondary

#C87B62

accent

#673CEC

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #208BAE

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

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