#239BC6#239BC6

#239BC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239BC6
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 198)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -16.84, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 35.38, 241.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0784 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.117 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6033, 27.8744, 57.6041)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239BC6 #C64E23

analogous

#23C69F #239BC6 #234AC6

triadic

#239BC6 #C6239B #9BC623

tetradic

#239BC6 #9F23C6 #C64E23 #4AC623

square

#239BC6 #9F23C6 #C64E23 #4AC623

split-complementary

#239BC6 #C6234A #C69F23

monochromatic

#114A5E #1A7292 #239BC6 #48B7DF #7CCBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#239BC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#239BC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239BC6

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239BC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239BC6	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8498C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F89C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239bc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8d7',
    500: '#239bc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239bc6;
$custom-light: #7ab8d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239bc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64601,
    "c": 0.11748,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239BC6

secondary

#D08D75

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #239BC6

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

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