#238CA7#238CA7

#238CA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.099 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238CA7
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 167)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 16.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -19.44, -22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 29.76, 229.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% -0.0759 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.099 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0433, 21.9014, 39.8809)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238CA7 #A73E23

analogous

#23A780 #238CA7 #234AA7

triadic

#238CA7 #A7238C #8CA723

tetradic

#238CA7 #8023A7 #A73E23 #4AA723

square

#238CA7 #8023A7 #A73E23 #4AA723

split-complementary

#238CA7 #A7234A #A78023

monochromatic

#0E3742 #186274 #238CA7 #33B3D4 #66C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#238CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#238CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238CA7

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238CA7	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B88A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.099 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc1',
    500: '#238ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ca7;
$custom-light: #74adc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.273,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59489,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238CA7

secondary

#C47661

accent

#623FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238CA7

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

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