#238BA7#238BA7

#238BA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.099 H 220.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BA7
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 167)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 16.8%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -18.90, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 29.79, 230.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0749 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.099 220.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8979, 21.6105, 39.8324)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BA7 #A73F23

analogous

#23A781 #238BA7 #2349A7

triadic

#238BA7 #A7238B #8BA723

tetradic

#238BA7 #8123A7 #A73F23 #49A723

square

#238BA7 #8123A7 #A73F23 #49A723

split-complementary

#238BA7 #A72349 #A78123

monochromatic

#0E3742 #186174 #238BA7 #33B2D4 #66C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#238BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#238BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BA7

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BA7	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)

#7A87A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.099 220.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc1',
    500: '#238ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ba7;
$custom-light: #74adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.727,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59239,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 220.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BA7

secondary

#C47661

accent

#633FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BA7

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

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