#238EA6#238EA6

#238EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.098 H 216.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238EA6
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -20.84, -21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 29.64, 225.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% -0.0783 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.098 216.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2461, 22.4544, 39.4942)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238EA6 #A63B23

analogous

#23A67C #238EA6 #234DA6

triadic

#238EA6 #A6238E #8EA623

tetradic

#238EA6 #7C23A6 #A63B23 #4DA623

square

#238EA6 #7C23A6 #A63B23 #4DA623

split-complementary

#238EA6 #A6234D #A67C23

monochromatic

#0E3841 #186373 #238EA6 #32B6D4 #65C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#238EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#238EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238EA6

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238EA6	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)

#7E8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.098 216.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afc0',
    500: '#238ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ea6;
$custom-light: #74afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.992,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59946,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 216.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238EA6

secondary

#C47361

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238EA6

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

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