#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
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 164)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 15.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -19.92, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 29.29, 227.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0761 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.097 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6238, 21.5009, 38.3887)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##238BA4	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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