#238AA1#238AA1

#238AA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.095 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AA1
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 161)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 14.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -20.40, -20.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 28.85, 225.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0764 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.095 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2119, 21.1055, 36.9306)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AA1 #A13A23

analogous

#23A179 #238AA1 #234BA1

triadic

#238AA1 #A1238A #8AA123

tetradic

#238AA1 #7923A1 #A13A23 #4BA123

square

#238AA1 #7923A1 #A13A23 #4BA123

split-complementary

#238AA1 #A1234B #A17923

monochromatic

#0D343C #185F6F #238AA1 #2FB4D2 #62C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#238AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#238AA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AA1

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AA1	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B86A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A79A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.095 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbc',
    500: '#238aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238aa1;
$custom-light: #73acbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.952,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58722,
    "c": 0.09528,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AA1

secondary

#C2705E

accent

#5F41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AA1

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

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