#208CAE#208CAE

#208CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.105 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#208CAE
RGB	rgb(32, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 82%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -17.33, -26.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 31.42, 236.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0742 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.105 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6105, 22.1170, 43.3770)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#208CAE #AE4220

analogous

#20AE89 #208CAE #2045AE

triadic

#208CAE #AE208C #8CAE20

tetradic

#208CAE #8920AE #AE4220 #45AE20

square

#208CAE #8920AE #AE4220 #45AE20

split-complementary

#208CAE #AE2045 #AE8920

monochromatic

#0D3947 #16627A #208CAE #32B1D9 #66C5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#208CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#208CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208CAE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##208CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##208CAE	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #208cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.105 224.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#208cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59751,
    "c": 0.10453,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#208CAE

secondary

#C87A62

accent

#663CEC

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #208CAE

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

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