#238AA5#238AA5

#238AA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.098 H 220.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238AA5
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -19.05, -22.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 29.46, 229.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0747 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.098 220.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5703, 21.2489, 38.8181)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238AA5 #A53E23

analogous

#23A57F #238AA5 #2349A5

triadic

#238AA5 #A5238A #8AA523

tetradic

#238AA5 #7F23A5 #A53E23 #49A523

square

#238AA5 #7F23A5 #A53E23 #49A523

split-complementary

#238AA5 #A52349 #A57F23

monochromatic

#0E3640 #186073 #238AA5 #32B2D3 #64C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#238AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#238AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238AA5

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238AA5	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A86A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.098 220.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acbf',
    500: '#238aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238aa5;
$custom-light: #74acbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58899,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 220.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238AA5

secondary

#C47560

accent

#6340E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238AA5

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

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