#239BC9#239BC9

#239BC9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.120 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239BC9
RGB	rgb(35, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.90, -15.80, -32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.90, 36.22, 244.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% -0.0773 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.12 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9528, 28.0142, 59.4446)
Luminance	0.2802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239BC9 #C95123

analogous

#23C9A4 #239BC9 #2348C9

triadic

#239BC9 #C9239B #9BC923

tetradic

#239BC9 #A423C9 #C95123 #48C923

square

#239BC9 #A423C9 #C95123 #48C923

split-complementary

#239BC9 #C92348 #C9A423

monochromatic

#114B61 #1A7395 #239BC9 #4AB6DF #7ECBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#239BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#239BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239BC9

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239BC9	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.120 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb8d9',
    500: '#239bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239bc9;
$custom-light: #7bb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.627,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64744,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239BC9

secondary

#D19077

accent

#6C3BED

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #239BC9

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

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