#238A9F#238A9F

#238A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A9F
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -21.07, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 28.62, 222.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0772 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.094 215)
XYZ	xyz(16.0369, 21.0355, 36.0092)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A9F #9F3823

analogous

#239F76 #238A9F #234C9F

triadic

#238A9F #9F238A #8A9F23

tetradic

#238A9F #76239F #9F3823 #4C9F23

square

#238A9F #76239F #9F3823 #4C9F23

split-complementary

#238A9F #9F234C #9F7623

monochromatic

#0D333B #185E6D #238A9F #2EB5D1 #60C7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#238A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A9F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A9F	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbb',
    500: '#238a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a9f;
$custom-light: #73acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.161,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58635,
    "c": 0.09423,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.21037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A9F

secondary

#C16E5D

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A9F

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

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