#238498#238498

#238498 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.090 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238498
RGBrgb(35, 132, 152)
HSLhsl(190, 63%, 37%)
HSVhsv(190, 77%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(77%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LABlab(50.83, -20.24, -18.60)
CIE-LCHlch(50.83, 27.49, 222.58°)
OKLaboklab(56.81% -0.074 -0.0519)
OKLCHoklch(56.81% 0.09 215)
XYZxyz(14.6095, 19.1251, 32.6212)
Luminance0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238498 #983723
analogous
#239872 #238498 #234A98
triadic
#238498 #982384 #849823
tetradic
#238498 #722398 #983723 #4A9823
square
#238498 #722398 #983723 #4A9823
split-complementary
#238498 #98234A #987223
monochromatic
#0C2E35 #185966 #238498 #2EAFCA #5CC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35
#238498 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83
#238498 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238498
4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238498#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2384981.004.354.834.83
#FFFFFF4.351.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8321.001.001.00
##0000004.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#768099
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#667498
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008B8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 132, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.090 215.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8b6',
    500: '#238498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238498;
$custom-light: #71a8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.256,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56811,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.19127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238498
secondary
#BE6A59
accent
#5E42E6
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EDF4F6
border
#C8CED0
text
#090F11
muted
#7B7F80

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#238498 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva