#238CB2#238CB2

#238CB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.107 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238CB2
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.37, -15.64, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.37, 32.21, 240.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60% -0.0716 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.107 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1038, 22.3256, 45.4660)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238CB2 #B24923

analogous

#23B291 #238CB2 #2345B2

triadic

#238CB2 #B2238C #8CB223

tetradic

#238CB2 #9123B2 #B24923 #45B223

square

#238CB2 #9123B2 #B24923 #45B223

split-complementary

#238CB2 #B22345 #B29123

monochromatic

#0F3C4C #19647F #238CB2 #3AAED8 #6DC3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#238CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#238CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238CB2

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238CB2	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.107 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adc9',
    500: '#238cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238cb2;
$custom-light: #76adc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59998,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238CB2

secondary

#C98268

accent

#6C3EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238CB2

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

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