#208BB2#208BB2

#208BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.108 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208BB2
RGB	rgb(32, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -15.38, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 32.58, 241.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0718 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.108 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8608, 21.9844, 45.4129)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208BB2 #B24720

analogous

#20B290 #208BB2 #2042B2

triadic

#208BB2 #B2208B #8BB220

tetradic

#208BB2 #9020B2 #B24720 #42B220

square

#208BB2 #9020B2 #B24720 #42B220

split-complementary

#208BB2 #B22042 #B29020

monochromatic

#0D3A4A #17627E #208BB2 #35AEDB #68C3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#208BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#208BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208BB2

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208BB2	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.108 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc9',
    500: '#208bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #208bb2;
$custom-light: #75adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59694,
    "c": 0.10809,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208BB2

secondary

#CA7F64

accent

#6B3BEC

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #208BB2

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

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