#238BA1#238BA1

#238BA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.095 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BA1
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 161)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 13.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -20.93, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 28.90, 223.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% -0.0774 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.095 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3560, 21.3938, 36.9787)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BA1 #A13923

analogous

#23A178 #238BA1 #234CA1

triadic

#238BA1 #A1238B #8BA123

tetradic

#238BA1 #7823A1 #A13923 #4CA123

square

#238BA1 #7823A1 #A13923 #4CA123

split-complementary

#238BA1 #A1234C #A17823

monochromatic

#0D343C #18606F #238BA1 #2FB5D2 #62C7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#238BA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BA1

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BA1	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.095 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adbc',
    500: '#238ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ba1;
$custom-light: #73adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.476,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58974,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BA1

secondary

#C26F5E

accent

#5E41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BA1

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

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