#238BA3#238BA3

#238BA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.096 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BA3
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 163)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 14.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -20.26, -20.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 29.15, 225.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0766 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.096 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5338, 21.4649, 37.9150)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BA3 #A33B23

analogous

#23A37B #238BA3 #234BA3

triadic

#238BA3 #A3238B #8BA323

tetradic

#238BA3 #7B23A3 #A33B23 #4BA323

square

#238BA3 #7B23A3 #A33B23 #4BA323

split-complementary

#238BA3 #A3234B #A37B23

monochromatic

#0D353E #186071 #238BA3 #31B4D3 #63C7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#238BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#238BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BA3

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BA3	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.096 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbe',
    500: '#238ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ba3;
$custom-light: #74adbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.25,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59062,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BA3

secondary

#C3725F

accent

#6040E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BA3

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

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