#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
RGBrgb(35, 138, 163)
HSLhsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(192, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(78.5%, 15.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LABlab(53.14, -19.73, -21.44)
CIE-LCHlch(53.14, 29.13, 227.38°)
OKLaboklab(58.81% -0.0756 -0.0599)
OKLCHoklch(58.81% 0.096 218.4)
XYZxyz(16.3897, 21.1766, 37.8669)
Luminance0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##238AA31.004.015.245.24
#FFFFFF4.011.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2421.001.001.00
##0000005.2421.001.001.00

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

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#238AA3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva