#238BD4#238BD4

#238BD4 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.142 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BD4
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 212)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(205, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 34.4%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -2.79, -45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 45.52, 266.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0596 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.142 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8048, 23.5733, 65.6755)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BD4 #D46C23

analogous

#23D4C4 #238BD4 #2332D4

triadic

#238BD4 #D4238B #8BD423

tetradic

#238BD4 #C423D4 #D46C23 #32D423

square

#238BD4 #C423D4 #D46C23 #32D423

split-complementary

#238BD4 #D42332 #D4C423

monochromatic

#12466B #1A699F #238BD4 #52A7E2 #86C2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#238BD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#238BD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BD4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BD4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688ED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F7ED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238bd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.142 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cace1',
    500: '#238bd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238bd4;
$custom-light: #7cace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238bd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.746,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61542,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BD4

secondary

#D4A27E

accent

#8439EE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BD4

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

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