#238BB2#238BB2

#238BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.107 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BB2
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -15.09, -28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 32.37, 242.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0707 -0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.107 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9583, 22.0347, 45.4175)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BB2 #B24A23

analogous

#23B292 #238BB2 #2343B2

triadic

#238BB2 #B2238B #8BB223

tetradic

#238BB2 #9223B2 #B24A23 #43B223

square

#238BB2 #9223B2 #B24A23 #43B223

split-complementary

#238BB2 #B22343 #B29223

monochromatic

#0F3B4C #19637F #238BB2 #3AADD8 #6DC2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#238BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#238BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BB2

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BB2	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7789B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.107 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc9',
    500: '#238bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238bb2;
$custom-light: #76adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59752,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BB2

secondary

#C98268

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BB2

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

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