#238496#238496

#238496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.089 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238496
RGBrgb(35, 132, 150)
HSLhsl(189, 62%, 36%)
HSVhsv(189, 77%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(76.7%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LABlab(50.76, -20.91, -17.55)
CIE-LCHlch(50.76, 27.30, 220.01°)
OKLaboklab(56.73% -0.0749 -0.0489)
OKLCHoklch(56.73% 0.089 213.1)
XYZxyz(14.4471, 19.0601, 31.7658)
Luminance0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238496 #963523
analogous
#23966F #238496 #234B96
triadic
#238496 #962384 #849623
tetradic
#238496 #6F2396 #963523 #4B9623
square
#238496 #6F2396 #963523 #4B9623
split-complementary
#238496 #96234B #966F23
monochromatic
#0C2D33 #175864 #238496 #2FB0C8 #5BC5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36
#238496 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81
#238496 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238496
4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238496#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##2384961.004.364.814.81
#FFFFFF4.361.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8121.001.001.00
##0000004.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#777F97
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#677496
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008B8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.089 213.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8b4',
    500: '#238496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238496;
$custom-light: #71a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.391,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56725,
    "c": 0.08946,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238496
secondary
#BD6858
accent
#5C43E5
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EDF4F6
border
#C8CED0
text
#090F11
muted
#7B7F80

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#238496 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva