#238AA0#238AA0

#238AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.095 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AA0
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 160)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -20.74, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 28.73, 223.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0768 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.095 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1241, 21.0704, 36.4681)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AA0 #A03923

analogous

#23A077 #238AA0 #234BA0

triadic

#238AA0 #A0238A #8AA023

tetradic

#238AA0 #7723A0 #A03923 #4BA023

square

#238AA0 #7723A0 #A03923 #4BA023

split-complementary

#238AA0 #A0234B #A07723

monochromatic

#0D333C #185F6E #238AA0 #2FB5D1 #61C7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#238AA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AA0

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AA0	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)

#7B86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A79A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.095 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbc',
    500: '#238aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238aa0;
$custom-light: #73acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.56,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58679,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AA0

secondary

#C16F5D

accent

#5E41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AA0

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

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