#238EB4#238EB4

#238EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.108 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238EB4
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, -16.04, -28.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 32.46, 240.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.58% -0.0728 -0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(60.58% 0.108 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6010, 22.9963, 46.6295)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238EB4 #B44923

analogous

#23B492 #238EB4 #2346B4

triadic

#238EB4 #B4238E #8EB423

tetradic

#238EB4 #9223B4 #B44923 #46B423

square

#238EB4 #9223B4 #B44923 #46B423

split-complementary

#238EB4 #B42346 #B49223

monochromatic

#0F3D4E #196681 #238EB4 #3BB0D9 #6EC4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#238EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#238EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238EB4

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238EB4	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677EB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.108 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76afca',
    500: '#238eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238eb4;
$custom-light: #76afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60584,
    "c": 0.10768,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238EB4

secondary

#C98369

accent

#6B3DEA

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238EB4

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

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