#238DBC#238DBC

#238DBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.115 H 233.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238DBC
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(198, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(198, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -12.66, -32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 35.08, 248.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.069 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.115 233.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2914, 23.0355, 50.9967)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238DBC #BC5223

analogous

#23BC9E #238DBC #2341BC

triadic

#238DBC #BC238D #8DBC23

tetradic

#238DBC #9E23BC #BC5223 #41BC23

square

#238DBC #9E23BC #BC5223 #41BC23

split-complementary

#238DBC #BC2341 #BC9E23

monochromatic

#104055 #196688 #238DBC #41ACDC #74C2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#238DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#238DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238DBC

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238DBC	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.115 233.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78aed0',
    500: '#238dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238dbc;
$custom-light: #78aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.431,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6073,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 233.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238DBC

secondary

#CC8B6F

accent

#723CEB

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#EFF4F9

border

#CACED2

text

#0A1014

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238DBC

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

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