#238BAE#238BAE

#238BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.104 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BAE
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -16.49, -26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 31.30, 238.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0722 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.104 226)
XYZ	xyz(17.5626, 21.8764, 43.3331)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BAE #AE4623

analogous

#23AE8B #238BAE #2345AE

triadic

#238BAE #AE238B #8BAE23

tetradic

#238BAE #8B23AE #AE4623 #45AE23

square

#238BAE #8B23AE #AE4623 #45AE23

split-complementary

#238BAE #AE2345 #AE8B23

monochromatic

#0F3A48 #19627B #238BAE #37AFD7 #6AC3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#238BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#238BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BAE

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BAE	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.104 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc6',
    500: '#238bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238bae;
$custom-light: #75adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.108,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59562,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.21879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BAE

secondary

#C77E66

accent

#693EE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BAE

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

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