#238EA9#238EA9

#238EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.100 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238EA9
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, -19.82, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 30.07, 228.76°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0771 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.1 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5245, 22.5657, 40.9604)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238EA9 #A93E23

analogous

#23A981 #238EA9 #234BA9

triadic

#238EA9 #A9238E #8EA923

tetradic

#238EA9 #8123A9 #A93E23 #4BA923

square

#238EA9 #8123A9 #A93E23 #4BA923

split-complementary

#238EA9 #A9234B #A98123

monochromatic

#0E3944 #196376 #238EA9 #34B5D5 #67C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#238EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#238EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238EA9

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238EA9	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.100 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afc2',
    500: '#238ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ea9;
$custom-light: #75afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.09,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60078,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238EA9

secondary

#C57763

accent

#613FE9

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238EA9

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

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