#238FA6#238FA6

#238FA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.098 H 216.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238FA6
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 166)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 13.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.82, -21.37, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.82, 29.68, 223.95°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0793 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.098 216)
XYZ	xyz(17.3956, 22.7533, 39.5440)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238FA6 #A63A23

analogous

#23A67B #238FA6 #234EA6

triadic

#238FA6 #A6238F #8FA623

tetradic

#238FA6 #7B23A6 #A63A23 #4EA623

square

#238FA6 #7B23A6 #A63A23 #4EA623

split-complementary

#238FA6 #A6234E #A67B23

monochromatic

#0E3841 #186373 #238FA6 #32B7D4 #65C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#238FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#238FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238FA6

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238FA6	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.098 216.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b0c0',
    500: '#238fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238fa6;
$custom-light: #74b0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.534,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60197,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 216
  },
  "luminance": 0.22755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238FA6

secondary

#C47261

accent

#5D40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238FA6

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

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