#238CA1#238CA1

#238CA1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.095 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238CA1
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -21.46, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 28.96, 222.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0784 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.095 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5015, 21.6847, 37.0272)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238CA1 #A13823

analogous

#23A177 #238CA1 #234DA1

triadic

#238CA1 #A1238C #8CA123

tetradic

#238CA1 #7723A1 #A13823 #4DA123

square

#238CA1 #7723A1 #A13823 #4DA123

split-complementary

#238CA1 #A1234D #A17723

monochromatic

#0D353C #18606F #238CA1 #2FB7D2 #62C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#238CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238CA1

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238CA1	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.095 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aebc',
    500: '#238ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ca1;
$custom-light: #73aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59227,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238CA1

secondary

#C26F5E

accent

#5C41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238CA1

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

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