#238DB3#238DB3

#238DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.107 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238DB3
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, -15.84, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 32.33, 240.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0722 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.107 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3513, 22.6595, 46.0456)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238DB3 #B34923

analogous

#23B391 #238DB3 #2345B3

triadic

#238DB3 #B3238D #8DB323

tetradic

#238DB3 #9123B3 #B34923 #45B323

square

#238DB3 #9123B3 #B34923 #45B323

split-complementary

#238DB3 #B32345 #B39123

monochromatic

#0F3C4D #196580 #238DB3 #3BAFD9 #6EC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#238DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#238DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238DB3

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238DB3	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.107 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aeca',
    500: '#238db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238db3;
$custom-light: #76aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.833,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60291,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238DB3

secondary

#C98269

accent

#6B3EEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238DB3

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

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