#238CAE#238CAE

#238CAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.104 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238CAE
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -17.03, -26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 31.19, 236.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.81% -0.0732 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(59.81% 0.104 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7080, 22.1673, 43.3816)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238CAE #AE4523

analogous

#23AE8A #238CAE #2347AE

triadic

#238CAE #AE238C #8CAE23

tetradic

#238CAE #8A23AE #AE4523 #47AE23

square

#238CAE #8A23AE #AE4523 #47AE23

split-complementary

#238CAE #AE2347 #AE8A23

monochromatic

#0F3A48 #19637B #238CAE #37B0D7 #6AC4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#238CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#238CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238CAE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238CAE	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.104 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adc6',
    500: '#238cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238cae;
$custom-light: #75adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.676,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59809,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238CAE

secondary

#C77E66

accent

#683EE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238CAE

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

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