#238AD4#238AD4

#238AD4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.143 H 245.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AD4
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(205, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 34.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, -2.20, -45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 45.95, 267.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0588 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.143 245.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6607, 23.2850, 65.6274)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AD4 #D46D23

analogous

#23D4C5 #238AD4 #2331D4

triadic

#238AD4 #D4238A #8AD423

tetradic

#238AD4 #C523D4 #D46D23 #31D423

square

#238AD4 #C523D4 #D46D23 #31D423

split-complementary

#238AD4 #D42331 #D4C523

monochromatic

#12466B #1A689F #238AD4 #52A6E2 #86C1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#238AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#238AD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AD4

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AD4	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#678DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D7DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.143 245.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cabe1',
    500: '#238ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ad4;
$custom-light: #7cabe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.085,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6131,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 245.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AD4

secondary

#D4A27E

accent

#8539EE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AD4

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

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