#238DA6#238DA6

#238DA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.098 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238DA6
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 166)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, -20.31, -21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 29.61, 226.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% -0.0773 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.098 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0980, 22.1581, 39.4448)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238DA6 #A63C23

analogous

#23A67D #238DA6 #234CA6

triadic

#238DA6 #A6238D #8DA623

tetradic

#238DA6 #7D23A6 #A63C23 #4CA623

square

#238DA6 #7D23A6 #A63C23 #4CA623

split-complementary

#238DA6 #A6234C #A67D23

monochromatic

#0E3741 #186273 #238DA6 #32B5D4 #65C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#238DA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#238DA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238DA6

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238DA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238DA6	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#7D89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238da6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.098 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aec0',
    500: '#238da6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238da6;
$custom-light: #74aec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238da6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59695,
    "c": 0.09801,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238DA6

secondary

#C47461

accent

#6040E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238DA6

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

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