#238FAA#238FAA

#238FAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.100 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238FAA
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 170)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.97, -20.02, -22.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.97, 30.23, 228.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% -0.0777 -0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.1 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7682, 22.9023, 41.5065)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238FAA #AA3E23

analogous

#23AA81 #238FAA #234BAA

triadic

#238FAA #AA238F #8FAA23

tetradic

#238FAA #8123AA #AA3E23 #4BAA23

square

#238FAA #8123AA #AA3E23 #4BAA23

split-complementary

#238FAA #AA234B #AA8123

monochromatic

#0E3A44 #196477 #238FAA #35B5D5 #68C8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#238FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#238FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238FAA

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238FAA	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8BAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.100 219.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b0c3',
    500: '#238faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238faa;
$custom-light: #75b0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60372,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238FAA

secondary

#C67763

accent

#613FE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238FAA

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

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