#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
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 169)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 16.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -19.29, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 30.09, 230.12°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0761 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.1 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3764, 22.2695, 40.9111)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##238DA9	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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