#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
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 164)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 15.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -19.39, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 29.29, 228.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0751 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.097 219.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4796, 21.2126, 38.3407)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##238AA4	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)

#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

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

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