#238DA9#238DA9

#238DA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.100 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238DA9
RGBrgb(35, 141, 169)
HSLhsl(193, 66%, 40%)
HSVhsv(193, 79%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(79.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(54.31, -19.29, -23.09)
CIE-LCHlch(54.31, 30.09, 230.12°)
OKLaboklab(59.83% -0.0761 -0.0646)
OKLCHoklch(59.83% 0.1 220.3)
XYZxyz(17.3764, 22.2695, 40.9111)
Luminance0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238DA9 #A93F23
analogous
#23A982 #238DA9 #234AA9
triadic
#238DA9 #A9238D #8DA923
tetradic
#238DA9 #8223A9 #A93F23 #4AA923
square
#238DA9 #8223A9 #A93F23 #4AA923
split-complementary
#238DA9 #A9234A #A98223
monochromatic
#0E3844 #196376 #238DA9 #34B3D5 #67C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85
#238DA9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45
#238DA9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238DA9
5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238DA9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238DA91.003.855.455.45
#FFFFFF3.851.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4521.001.001.00
##0000005.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C89AA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A7CA9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009696
Achromatopsia (no color)
#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.100 220.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aec2',
    500: '#238da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238da9;
$custom-light: #75aec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.537,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59829,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238DA9
secondary
#C57763
accent
#633FE9
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F7
border
#C9CED0
text
#0A1012
muted
#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238DA9

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#238DA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva