#238AAE#238AAE

#238AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.104 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AAE
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -15.94, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 31.42, 239.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% -0.0712 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.104 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4184, 21.5881, 43.2851)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AAE #AE4723

analogous

#23AE8C #238AAE #2344AE

triadic

#238AAE #AE238A #8AAE23

tetradic

#238AAE #8C23AE #AE4723 #44AE23

square

#238AAE #8C23AE #AE4723 #44AE23

split-complementary

#238AAE #AE2344 #AE8C23

monochromatic

#0F3948 #19627B #238AAE #37AED7 #6AC2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#238AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#238AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AAE

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AAE	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7787B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.104 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75acc6',
    500: '#238aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238aae;
$custom-light: #75acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.54,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59315,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AAE

secondary

#C77F66

accent

#6B3EE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AAE

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

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