#238BBD#238BBD

#238BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BBD
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(199, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(199, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -11.18, -34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 35.95, 251.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.0668 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.117 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1074, 22.4943, 51.4690)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BBD #BD5523

analogous

#23BDA2 #238BBD #233EBD

triadic

#238BBD #BD238B #8BBD23

tetradic

#238BBD #A223BD #BD5523 #3EBD23

square

#238BBD #A223BD #BD5523 #3EBD23

split-complementary

#238BBD #BD233E #BDA223

monochromatic

#103F56 #196589 #238BBD #41AADC #75C1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#238BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#238BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BBD

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BBD	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78acd1',
    500: '#238bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238bbd;
$custom-light: #78acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.481,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60297,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BBD

secondary

#CD8E6F

accent

#753CEC

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BBD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →