#208CAD#208CAD

#208CAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.104 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#208CAD
RGBrgb(32, 140, 173)
HSLhsl(194, 69%, 40%)
HSVhsv(194, 82%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(81.5%, 19.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(54.11, -17.68, -25.70)
CIE-LCHlch(54.11, 31.19, 235.48°)
OKLaboklab(59.7% -0.0746 -0.0721)
OKLCHoklch(59.7% 0.104 224)
XYZxyz(17.5134, 22.0782, 42.8655)
Luminance0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#208CAD #AD4120
analogous
#20AD88 #208CAD #2045AD
triadic
#208CAD #AD208C #8CAD20
tetradic
#208CAD #8820AD #AD4120 #45AD20
square
#208CAD #8820AD #AD4120 #45AD20
split-complementary
#208CAD #AD2045 #AD8820
monochromatic
#0D3846 #166279 #208CAD #31B2D9 #65C5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88
#208CAD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42
#208CAD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208CAD
5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##208CAD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##208CAD1.003.885.425.42
#FFFFFF3.881.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4221.001.001.00
##0000005.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7989AF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#677CAD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009697
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #208cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.104 224.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc5',
    500: '#208cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #208cad;
$custom-light: #74adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#208cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.043,
    "s": 68.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59704,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.2208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#208CAD
secondary
#C87961
accent
#653CEC
background
#F7FAFC
surface
#EEF4F8
border
#C9CED1
text
#0A1013
muted
#7C7F82

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#208CAD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva