#238AB1#238AB1

#238AB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.107 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AB1
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 177)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 22%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -14.89, -28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 32.25, 242.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.0701 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.107 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7142, 21.7064, 44.8426)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AB1 #B14A23

analogous

#23B191 #238AB1 #2343B1

triadic

#238AB1 #B1238A #8AB123

tetradic

#238AB1 #9123B1 #B14A23 #43B123

square

#238AB1 #9123B1 #B14A23 #43B123

split-complementary

#238AB1 #B12343 #B19123

monochromatic

#0F3A4B #19627E #238AB1 #39ACD8 #6CC2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#238AB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AB1

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AB1	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7688B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.107 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acc8',
    500: '#238ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ab1;
$custom-light: #76acc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.479,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59458,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AB1

secondary

#C88268

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AB1

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

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