#238396#238396

#238396 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.089 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238396
RGB	rgb(35, 131, 150)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.44, -20.38, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.44, 27.21, 221.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% -0.0739 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.089 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3121, 18.7902, 31.7208)
Luminance	0.1879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238396 #963623

analogous

#239670 #238396 #234A96

triadic

#238396 #962383 #839623

tetradic

#238396 #702396 #963623 #4A9623

square

#238396 #702396 #963623 #4A9623

split-complementary

#238396 #96234A #967023

monochromatic

#0C2C33 #175864 #238396 #2FAEC8 #5BC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#238396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#238396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238396

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238396	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 131, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.089 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a7b5',
    500: '#238396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238396;
$custom-light: #71a7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.913,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5647,
    "c": 0.08936,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238396

secondary

#BD6858

accent

#5D43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238396

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

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