#238AA3#238AA3

#238AA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AA3
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 163)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, -19.73, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 29.13, 227.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0756 -0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.096 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3897, 21.1766, 37.8669)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AA3 #A33C23

analogous

#23A37C #238AA3 #234AA3

triadic

#238AA3 #A3238A #8AA323

tetradic

#238AA3 #7C23A3 #A33C23 #4AA323

square

#238AA3 #7C23A3 #A33C23 #4AA323

split-complementary

#238AA3 #A3234A #A37C23

monochromatic

#0D353E #185F71 #238AA3 #31B3D3 #63C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#238AA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AA3

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AA3	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acbe',
    500: '#238aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238aa3;
$custom-light: #73acbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.719,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5881,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AA3

secondary

#C3735F

accent

#6140E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AA3

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

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