#238CA6#238CA6

#238CA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.098 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238CA6
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -19.78, -22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 29.60, 228.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0763 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.098 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9512, 21.8646, 39.3959)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238CA6 #A63D23

analogous

#23A67E #238CA6 #234BA6

triadic

#238CA6 #A6238C #8CA623

tetradic

#238CA6 #7E23A6 #A63D23 #4BA623

square

#238CA6 #7E23A6 #A63D23 #4BA623

split-complementary

#238CA6 #A6234B #A67E23

monochromatic

#0E3741 #186173 #238CA6 #32B4D4 #65C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#238CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#238CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238CA6

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238CA6	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)

#7C88A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.098 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc0',
    500: '#238ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ca6;
$custom-light: #74adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.908,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59445,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238CA6

secondary

#C47561

accent

#6140E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238CA6

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

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