#238591#238591

#238591 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.088 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238591
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, -23.08, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 27.22, 212.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% -0.0781 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.088 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1893, 19.1750, 29.7359)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238591 #912F23

analogous

#239166 #238591 #234E91

triadic

#238591 #912385 #859123

tetradic

#238591 #662391 #912F23 #4E9123

square

#238591 #662391 #912F23 #4E9123

split-complementary

#238591 #91234E #916623

monochromatic

#0B2B2E #175860 #238591 #2FB2C2 #58C9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#238591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#238591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238591

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238591	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.088 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a9b1',
    500: '#238591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238591;
$custom-light: #70a9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56772,
    "c": 0.0878,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238591

secondary

#BB6055

accent

#5544E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238591

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

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