#238AA6#238AA6

#238AA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.098 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AA6
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 166)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 16.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -18.70, -22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 29.63, 230.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0743 -0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.098 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6617, 21.2854, 39.2994)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AA6 #A63F23

analogous

#23A680 #238AA6 #2349A6

triadic

#238AA6 #A6238A #8AA623

tetradic

#238AA6 #8023A6 #A63F23 #49A623

square

#238AA6 #8023A6 #A63F23 #49A623

split-complementary

#238AA6 #A62349 #A68023

monochromatic

#0E3641 #186073 #238AA6 #32B1D4 #65C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#238AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#238AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AA6

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AA6	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7986A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.098 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acc0',
    500: '#238aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238aa6;
$custom-light: #74acc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.824,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58944,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AA6

secondary

#C47661

accent

#6440E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AA6

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

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