#238FA5#238FA5

#238FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.097 H 215.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238FA5
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, -21.70, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 29.56, 222.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.15% -0.0797 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(60.15% 0.097 215.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3042, 22.7167, 39.0628)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238FA5 #A53923

analogous

#23A57A #238FA5 #234EA5

triadic

#238FA5 #A5238F #8FA523

tetradic

#238FA5 #7A23A5 #A53923 #4EA523

square

#238FA5 #7A23A5 #A53923 #4EA523

split-complementary

#238FA5 #A5234E #A57A23

monochromatic

#0E3740 #186373 #238FA5 #32B8D3 #64CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#238FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#238FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238FA5

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238FA5	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.097 215.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b0bf',
    500: '#238fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238fa5;
$custom-light: #74b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60154,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 215.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238FA5

secondary

#C47160

accent

#5C40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238FA5

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

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