#238AA8#238AA8

#238AA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.100 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AA8
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 168)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 17.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -18.02, -24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 30.02, 233.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0735 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.1 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8465, 21.3594, 40.2731)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AA8 #A84123

analogous

#23A884 #238AA8 #2347A8

triadic

#238AA8 #A8238A #8AA823

tetradic

#238AA8 #8423A8 #A84123 #47A823

square

#238AA8 #8423A8 #A84123 #47A823

split-complementary

#238AA8 #A82347 #A88423

monochromatic

#0E3743 #186075 #238AA8 #34B0D5 #66C4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#238AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AA8

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AA8	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7987AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.100 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acc2',
    500: '#238aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238aa8;
$custom-light: #74acc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.534,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59035,
    "c": 0.09968,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AA8

secondary

#C57862

accent

#653FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AA8

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

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