#238CB4#238CB4

#238CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.108 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238CB4
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, -14.94, -29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 32.77, 242.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% -0.0709 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.108 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3061, 22.4065, 46.5312)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238CB4 #B44B23

analogous

#23B494 #238CB4 #2343B4

triadic

#238CB4 #B4238C #8CB423

tetradic

#238CB4 #9423B4 #B44B23 #43B423

square

#238CB4 #9423B4 #B44B23 #43B423

split-complementary

#238CB4 #B42343 #B49423

monochromatic

#0F3C4E #196481 #238CB4 #3BADD9 #6EC3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#238CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#238CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238CB4

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238CB4	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#647CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.108 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76adca',
    500: '#238cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238cb4;
$custom-light: #76adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60093,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238CB4

secondary

#C98469

accent

#6D3DEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238CB4

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

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