#208CB3#208CB3

#208CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.109 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#208CB3
RGBrgb(32, 140, 179)
HSLhsl(196, 70%, 41%)
HSVhsv(196, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(82.1%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(54.36, -15.58, -28.75)
CIE-LCHlch(54.36, 32.70, 241.55°)
OKLaboklab(59.99% -0.0723 -0.0809)
OKLCHoklch(59.99% 0.109 228.2)
XYZxyz(18.1071, 22.3156, 45.9921)
Luminance0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#208CB3 #B34720
analogous
#20B391 #208CB3 #2043B3
triadic
#208CB3 #B3208C #8CB320
tetradic
#208CB3 #9120B3 #B34720 #43B320
square
#208CB3 #9120B3 #B34720 #43B320
split-complementary
#208CB3 #B32043 #B39120
monochromatic
#0D3B4B #17637F #208CB3 #35AFDB #69C4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84
#208CB3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46
#208CB3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #208CB3
5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##208CB3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##208CB31.003.845.465.46
#FFFFFF3.841.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4621.001.001.00
##0000005.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#778AB5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#647CB2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009799
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #208cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.109 228.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adca',
    500: '#208cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #208cb3;
$custom-light: #75adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#208cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59988,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#208CB3
secondary
#CA8065
accent
#6A3BEC
background
#F7FAFC
surface
#EEF4F8
border
#C9CED1
text
#0A1013
muted
#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #208CB3

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#208CB3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva