#238FAE#238FAE

#238FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.103 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238FAE
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(193, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, -18.65, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 30.95, 232.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.0761 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.103 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1524, 23.0560, 43.5297)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238FAE #AE4223

analogous

#23AE87 #238FAE #234AAE

triadic

#238FAE #AE238F #8FAE23

tetradic

#238FAE #8723AE #AE4223 #4AAE23

square

#238FAE #8723AE #AE4223 #4AAE23

split-complementary

#238FAE #AE234A #AE8723

monochromatic

#0F3B48 #19657B #238FAE #37B3D7 #6AC7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#238FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#238FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238FAE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238FAE	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.103 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b0c6',
    500: '#238fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238fae;
$custom-light: #76b0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.381,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60552,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238FAE

secondary

#C77B66

accent

#653EE9

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #238FAE

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

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