#238AB2#238AB2

#238AB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.108 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AB2
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 178)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -14.54, -29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 32.54, 243.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0697 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.108 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8142, 21.7464, 45.3694)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AB2 #B24B23

analogous

#23B293 #238AB2 #2343B2

triadic

#238AB2 #B2238A #8AB223

tetradic

#238AB2 #9323B2 #B24B23 #43B223

square

#238AB2 #9323B2 #B24B23 #43B223

split-complementary

#238AB2 #B22343 #B29323

monochromatic

#0F3B4C #19627F #238AB2 #3AACD8 #6DC2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#238AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AB2

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AB2	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7588B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.108 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76acc9',
    500: '#238ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ab2;
$custom-light: #76acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.783,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AB2

secondary

#C98368

accent

#6E3EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AB2

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

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