#238DAE#238DAE

#238DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.103 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238DAE
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -17.58, -25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 31.09, 235.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0741 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.103 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8548, 22.4609, 43.4305)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238DAE #AE4423

analogous

#23AE89 #238DAE #2347AE

triadic

#238DAE #AE238D #8DAE23

tetradic

#238DAE #8923AE #AE4423 #47AE23

square

#238DAE #8923AE #AE4423 #47AE23

split-complementary

#238DAE #AE2347 #AE8923

monochromatic

#0F3A48 #19647B #238DAE #37B1D7 #6AC5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#238DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#238DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238DAE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238DAE	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.103 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aec6',
    500: '#238dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238dae;
$custom-light: #75aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60056,
    "c": 0.10331,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238DAE

secondary

#C77D66

accent

#673EE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238DAE

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

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