#239CC9#239CC9

#239CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.120 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239CC9
RGB	rgb(35, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -16.34, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 36.05, 243.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0782 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.12 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1199, 28.3484, 59.5003)
Luminance	0.2835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239CC9 #C95023

analogous

#23C9A3 #239CC9 #2349C9

triadic

#239CC9 #C9239C #9CC923

tetradic

#239CC9 #A323C9 #C95023 #49C923

square

#239CC9 #A323C9 #C95023 #49C923

split-complementary

#239CC9 #C92349 #C9A323

monochromatic

#114B61 #1A7495 #239CC9 #4AB7DF #7ECCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#239CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#239CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239CC9

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239CC9	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.120 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9d9',
    500: '#239cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239cc9;
$custom-light: #7bb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.265,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64984,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239CC9

secondary

#D18F77

accent

#6B3BED

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #239CC9

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

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