#238CA2#238CA2

#238CA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.096 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238CA2
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 162)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -21.13, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 29.06, 223.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0779 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.096 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5900, 21.7201, 37.4934)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238CA2 #A23923

analogous

#23A278 #238CA2 #234CA2

triadic

#238CA2 #A2238C #8CA223

tetradic

#238CA2 #7823A2 #A23923 #4CA223

square

#238CA2 #7823A2 #A23923 #4CA223

split-complementary

#238CA2 #A2234C #A27823

monochromatic

#0D353D #186170 #238CA2 #30B6D2 #62C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#238CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238CA2

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238CA2	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)

#7D87A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7BA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.096 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aebd',
    500: '#238ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ca2;
$custom-light: #74aebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.394,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5927,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238CA2

secondary

#C2705E

accent

#5D40E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238CA2

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

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