#238EA7#238EA7

#238EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.099 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238EA7
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.54, -20.50, -21.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.54, 29.77, 226.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0779 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.099 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3382, 22.4912, 39.9792)
Luminance	0.2249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238EA7 #A73C23

analogous

#23A77E #238EA7 #234CA7

triadic

#238EA7 #A7238E #8EA723

tetradic

#238EA7 #7E23A7 #A73C23 #4CA723

square

#238EA7 #7E23A7 #A73C23 #4CA723

split-complementary

#238EA7 #A7234C #A77E23

monochromatic

#0E3842 #186374 #238EA7 #33B6D4 #66C8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#238EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#238EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238EA7

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238EA7	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8AA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.099 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afc1',
    500: '#238ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ea7;
$custom-light: #74afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.364,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5999,
    "c": 0.09853,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238EA7

secondary

#C47461

accent

#5F3FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238EA7

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

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