#238AA2#238AA2

#238AA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AA2
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 162)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 14.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -20.07, -20.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 28.99, 226.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.076 -0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.096 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3004, 21.1409, 37.3969)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AA2 #A23B23

analogous

#23A27A #238AA2 #234AA2

triadic

#238AA2 #A2238A #8AA223

tetradic

#238AA2 #7A23A2 #A23B23 #4AA223

square

#238AA2 #7A23A2 #A23B23 #4AA223

split-complementary

#238AA2 #A2234A #A27A23

monochromatic

#0D343D #185F70 #238AA2 #30B4D2 #62C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#238AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#238AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AA2

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AA2	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6979A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbd',
    500: '#238aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238aa2;
$custom-light: #73acbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.339,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58766,
    "c": 0.09585,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AA2

secondary

#C2715E

accent

#6040E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AA2

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

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