#238398#238398

#238398 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.090 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238398
RGB	rgb(35, 131, 152)
HSL	hsl(191, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(191, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 13.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.52, -19.70, -19.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.52, 27.43, 224.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% -0.073 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.09 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4745, 18.8552, 32.5762)
Luminance	0.1886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238398 #983823

analogous

#239873 #238398 #234998

triadic

#238398 #982383 #839823

tetradic

#238398 #732398 #983823 #499823

square

#238398 #732398 #983823 #499823

split-complementary

#238398 #982349 #987323

monochromatic

#0C2D35 #185866 #238398 #2EAECA #5CC3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#238398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#238398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238398

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238398	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 131, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.090 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a7b6',
    500: '#238398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238398;
$custom-light: #71a7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56557,
    "c": 0.09039,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238398

secondary

#BE6B59

accent

#6042E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238398

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

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