#238AA4#238AA4

#238AA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 219.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238AA4
RGBrgb(35, 138, 164)
HSLhsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(192, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(78.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(53.18, -19.39, -21.95)
CIE-LCHlch(53.18, 29.29, 228.55°)
OKLaboklab(58.86% -0.0751 -0.0614)
OKLCHoklch(58.86% 0.097 219.2)
XYZxyz(16.4796, 21.2126, 38.3407)
Luminance0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238AA4 #A43D23
analogous
#23A47E #238AA4 #234AA4
triadic
#238AA4 #A4238A #8AA423
tetradic
#238AA4 #7E23A4 #A43D23 #4AA423
square
#238AA4 #7E23A4 #A43D23 #4AA423
split-complementary
#238AA4 #A4234A #A47E23
monochromatic
#0D353F #186072 #238AA4 #31B2D3 #64C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01
#238AA4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24
#238AA4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AA4
5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238AA4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238AA41.004.015.245.24
#FFFFFF4.011.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2421.001.001.00
##0000005.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A86A5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#697AA4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 219.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acbf',
    500: '#238aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238aa4;
$custom-light: #74acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.093,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58855,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 219.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238AA4
secondary
#C37460
accent
#6240E8
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F7
border
#C9CED0
text
#091012
muted
#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AA4

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#238AA4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva