#238DA5#238DA5

#238DA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.097 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238DA5
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 165)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 14.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -20.65, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 29.47, 225.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0777 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.097 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0067, 22.1216, 38.9636)
Luminance	0.2212 (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

#238DA5 #A53B23

analogous

#23A57C #238DA5 #234CA5

triadic

#238DA5 #A5238D #8DA523

tetradic

#238DA5 #7C23A5 #A53B23 #4CA523

square

#238DA5 #7C23A5 #A53B23 #4CA523

split-complementary

#238DA5 #A5234C #A57C23

monochromatic

#0E3740 #186273 #238DA5 #32B6D3 #64C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#238DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#238DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238DA5

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238DA5	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D89A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.097 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aebf',
    500: '#238da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238da5;
$custom-light: #74aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.077,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59652,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238DA5

secondary

#C47360

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238DA5

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

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