#238EAA#238EAA

#238EAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.100 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238EAA
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 170)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -19.48, -23.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 30.24, 229.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.12% -0.0767 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(60.12% 0.1 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6188, 22.6034, 41.4567)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238EAA #AA3F23

analogous

#23AA82 #238EAA #234BAA

triadic

#238EAA #AA238E #8EAA23

tetradic

#238EAA #8223AA #AA3F23 #4BAA23

square

#238EAA #8223AA #AA3F23 #4BAA23

split-complementary

#238EAA #AA234B #AA8223

monochromatic

#0E3944 #196477 #238EAA #35B4D5 #68C7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#238EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#238EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238EAA

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238EAA	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.100 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75afc3',
    500: '#238eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238eaa;
$custom-light: #75afc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60123,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238EAA

secondary

#C67863

accent

#623FE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238EAA

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

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