#239EC9#239EC9

#239EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#239EC9
RGB	rgb(35, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -17.42, -31.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 35.73, 240.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.08 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.119 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4582, 29.0251, 59.6131)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#239EC9 #C94E23

analogous

#23C9A1 #239EC9 #234BC9

triadic

#239EC9 #C9239E #9EC923

tetradic

#239EC9 #A123C9 #C94E23 #4BC923

square

#239EC9 #A123C9 #C94E23 #4BC923

split-complementary

#239EC9 #C9234B #C9A123

monochromatic

#114C61 #1A7595 #239EC9 #4AB9DF #7ECDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#239EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#239EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #239EC9

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##239EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##239EC9	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #239ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bbad9',
    500: '#239ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #239ec9;
$custom-light: #7bbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#239ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.542,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65466,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#239EC9

secondary

#D18E77

accent

#693BED

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #239EC9

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

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