#239AB4#239AB4

#239AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239AB4
RGB	rgb(35, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(191, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -22.44, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 31.81, 225.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0843 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.105 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4834, 26.7613, 47.2570)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239AB4 #B43D23

analogous

#23B486 #239AB4 #2351B4

triadic

#239AB4 #B4239A #9AB423

tetradic

#239AB4 #8623B4 #B43D23 #51B423

square

#239AB4 #8623B4 #B43D23 #51B423

split-complementary

#239AB4 #B42351 #B48623

monochromatic

#0F424E #196E81 #239AB4 #3BBDD9 #6ECEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#239AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#239AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239AB4

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239AB4	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7687B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8ca',
    500: '#239ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239ab4;
$custom-light: #78b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.759,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63543,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239AB4

secondary

#C97B69

accent

#5C3DEA

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #239AB4

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

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