#238DA3#238DA3

#238DA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.096 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238DA3
RGBrgb(35, 141, 163)
HSLhsl(190, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(190, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(78.5%, 13.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LABlab(54.08, -21.32, -20.00)
CIE-LCHlch(54.08, 29.23, 223.17°)
OKLaboklab(59.57% -0.0785 -0.0558)
OKLCHoklch(59.57% 0.096 215.4)
XYZxyz(16.8260, 22.0494, 38.0124)
Luminance0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238DA3 #A33923
analogous
#23A379 #238DA3 #234DA3
triadic
#238DA3 #A3238D #8DA323
tetradic
#238DA3 #7923A3 #A33923 #4DA323
square
#238DA3 #7923A3 #A33923 #4DA323
split-complementary
#238DA3 #A3234D #A37923
monochromatic
#0D363E #186171 #238DA3 #31B7D3 #63C8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88
#238DA3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41
#238DA3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238DA3
5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238DA3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238DA31.003.885.415.41
#FFFFFF3.881.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4121.001.001.00
##0000005.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E88A4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D7CA3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.096 215.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aebe',
    500: '#238da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238da3;
$custom-light: #74aebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.313,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59565,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238DA3
secondary
#C3705F
accent
#5D40E8
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F6
border
#C9CED0
text
#091012
muted
#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238DA3

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#238DA3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva