#238DD4#238DD4

#238DD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.141 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238DD4
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 212)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(204, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 33.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -3.96, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 44.68, 264.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0613 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.141 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0970, 24.1577, 65.7729)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238DD4 #D46A23

analogous

#23D4C2 #238DD4 #2334D4

triadic

#238DD4 #D4238D #8DD423

tetradic

#238DD4 #C223D4 #D46A23 #34D423

square

#238DD4 #C223D4 #D46A23 #34D423

split-complementary

#238DD4 #D42334 #D4C223

monochromatic

#12476B #1A6A9F #238DD4 #52A8E2 #86C3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#238DD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#238DD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238DD4

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238DD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238DD4	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5280D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238dd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.141 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caee1',
    500: '#238dd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238dd4;
$custom-light: #7caee1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238dd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.068,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62005,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238DD4

secondary

#D4A17E

accent

#8239EE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0B1015

muted

#7C7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #238DD4

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

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