#238FA7#238FA7

#238FA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.098 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238FA7
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 167)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 14.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, -21.03, -21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 29.80, 225.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0789 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.098 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4877, 22.7901, 40.0290)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238FA7 #A73B23

analogous

#23A77D #238FA7 #234DA7

triadic

#238FA7 #A7238F #8FA723

tetradic

#238FA7 #7D23A7 #A73B23 #4DA723

square

#238FA7 #7D23A7 #A73B23 #4DA723

split-complementary

#238FA7 #A7234D #A77D23

monochromatic

#0E3842 #186474 #238FA7 #33B7D4 #66C9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#238FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#238FA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238FA7

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238FA7	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.098 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b0c1',
    500: '#238fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238fa7;
$custom-light: #75b0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6024,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238FA7

secondary

#C47361

accent

#5E3FE8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238FA7

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

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