#238BA0#238BA0

#238BA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.095 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BA0
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 160)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 13.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -21.27, -19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 28.79, 222.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0778 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.095 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2682, 21.3586, 36.5161)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BA0 #A03823

analogous

#23A076 #238BA0 #234CA0

triadic

#238BA0 #A0238B #8BA023

tetradic

#238BA0 #7623A0 #A03823 #4CA023

square

#238BA0 #7623A0 #A03823 #4CA023

split-complementary

#238BA0 #A0234C #A07623

monochromatic

#0D343C #185F6E #238BA0 #2FB6D1 #61C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#238BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BA0

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BA0	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.095 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adbc',
    500: '#238ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ba0;
$custom-light: #73adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.08,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58931,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BA0

secondary

#C16E5D

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BA0

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

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