#238CA5#238CA5

#238CA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.097 H 218.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238CA5
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -20.11, -21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 29.45, 226.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0767 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.097 218.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8599, 21.8280, 38.9147)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238CA5 #A53C23

analogous

#23A57D #238CA5 #234BA5

triadic

#238CA5 #A5238C #8CA523

tetradic

#238CA5 #7D23A5 #A53C23 #4BA523

square

#238CA5 #7D23A5 #A53C23 #4BA523

split-complementary

#238CA5 #A5234B #A57D23

monochromatic

#0E3640 #186173 #238CA5 #32B4D3 #64C7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#238CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#238CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238CA5

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238CA5	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.097 218.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbf',
    500: '#238ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ca5;
$custom-light: #74adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59401,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 218.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238CA5

secondary

#C47360

accent

#6040E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238CA5

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

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