#238BA6#238BA6

#238BA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.098 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BA6
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 16.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -19.24, -22.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 29.61, 229.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0753 -0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.098 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8058, 21.5737, 39.3474)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BA6 #A63E23

analogous

#23A67F #238BA6 #234AA6

triadic

#238BA6 #A6238B #8BA623

tetradic

#238BA6 #7F23A6 #A63E23 #4AA623

square

#238BA6 #7F23A6 #A63E23 #4AA623

split-complementary

#238BA6 #A6234A #A67F23

monochromatic

#0E3641 #186173 #238BA6 #32B3D4 #65C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#238BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#238BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BA6

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BA6	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.098 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc0',
    500: '#238ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ba6;
$custom-light: #74adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.366,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59195,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BA6

secondary

#C47561

accent

#6240E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BA6

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

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