#238497#238497

#238497 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.090 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238497
RGB	rgb(35, 132, 151)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -20.57, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 27.38, 221.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% -0.0745 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.09 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5279, 19.0925, 32.1917)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238497 #973623

analogous

#239770 #238497 #234A97

triadic

#238497 #972384 #849723

tetradic

#238497 #702397 #973623 #4A9723

square

#238497 #702397 #973623 #4A9723

split-complementary

#238497 #97234A #977023

monochromatic

#0C2D34 #175965 #238497 #2FAFC9 #5BC4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#238497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#238497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238497

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238497	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.090 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8b5',
    500: '#238497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238497;
$custom-light: #71a8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.828,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56768,
    "c": 0.08992,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238497

secondary

#BE6958

accent

#5D42E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238497

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

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