#238BA4#238BA4

#238BA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.097 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238BA4
RGBrgb(35, 139, 164)
HSLhsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(192, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(78.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(53.49, -19.92, -21.47)
CIE-LCHlch(53.49, 29.29, 227.15°)
OKLaboklab(59.11% -0.0761 -0.06)
OKLCHoklch(59.11% 0.097 218.3)
XYZxyz(16.6238, 21.5009, 38.3887)
Luminance0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238BA4 #A43C23
analogous
#23A47D #238BA4 #234BA4
triadic
#238BA4 #A4238B #8BA423
tetradic
#238BA4 #7D23A4 #A43C23 #4BA423
square
#238BA4 #7D23A4 #A43C23 #4BA423
split-complementary
#238BA4 #A4234B #A47D23
monochromatic
#0D363F #186072 #238BA4 #31B4D3 #64C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96
#238BA4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30
#238BA4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BA4
5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238BA4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238BA41.003.965.305.30
#FFFFFF3.961.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3021.001.001.00
##0000005.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7B87A5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6A7AA4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238ba4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.097 218.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbf',
    500: '#238ba4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238ba4;
$custom-light: #74adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238ba4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.628,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59106,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238BA4
secondary
#C37360
accent
#6140E8
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F7
border
#C9CED0
text
#091012
muted
#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BA4

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#238BA4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva