#238ABC#238ABC

#238ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.117 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238ABC
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(200, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -10.97, -34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 35.86, 252.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0662 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.117 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8551, 22.1628, 50.8513)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238ABC #BC5523

analogous

#23BCA1 #238ABC #233DBC

triadic

#238ABC #BC238A #8ABC23

tetradic

#238ABC #A123BC #BC5523 #3DBC23

square

#238ABC #A123BC #BC5523 #3DBC23

split-complementary

#238ABC #BC233D #BCA123

monochromatic

#103E55 #196488 #238ABC #41A9DC #74C0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#238ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#238ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238ABC

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238ABC	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7289BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.117 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acd0',
    500: '#238abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238abc;
$custom-light: #78acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.608,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60005,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238ABC

secondary

#CC8D6F

accent

#763CEB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238ABC

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

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