#238BA5#238BA5

#238BA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.098 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238BA5
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 165)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 15.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -19.58, -21.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 29.45, 228.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0757 -0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.098 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7144, 21.5371, 38.8662)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238BA5 #A53D23

analogous

#23A57E #238BA5 #234AA5

triadic

#238BA5 #A5238B #8BA523

tetradic

#238BA5 #7E23A5 #A53D23 #4AA523

square

#238BA5 #7E23A5 #A53D23 #4AA523

split-complementary

#238BA5 #A5234A #A57E23

monochromatic

#0E3640 #186073 #238BA5 #32B3D3 #64C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#238BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#238BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238BA5

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238BA5	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B87A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.098 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adbf',
    500: '#238ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ba5;
$custom-light: #74adbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5915,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238BA5

secondary

#C47460

accent

#6140E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238BA5

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

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