#238FA4#238FA4

#238FA4 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.097 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238FA4
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 164)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 12.8%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -22.03, -19.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 29.46, 221.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0801 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.097 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2136, 22.6805, 38.5853)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238FA4 #A43823

analogous

#23A479 #238FA4 #234FA4

triadic

#238FA4 #A4238F #8FA423

tetradic

#238FA4 #7923A4 #A43823 #4FA423

square

#238FA4 #7923A4 #A43823 #4FA423

split-complementary

#238FA4 #A4234F #A47923

monochromatic

#0D373F #186372 #238FA4 #31B9D3 #64CADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#238FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#238FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238FA4

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238FA4	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.097 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b0bf',
    500: '#238fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238fa4;
$custom-light: #74b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60111,
    "c": 0.09694,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238FA4

secondary

#C37060

accent

#5B40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238FA4

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

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