#238595#238595

#238595 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.089 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238595
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 149)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, -21.77, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 27.34, 217.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.0763 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.089 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5031, 19.3006, 31.3890)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238595 #953323

analogous

#23956C #238595 #234C95

triadic

#238595 #952385 #859523

tetradic

#238595 #6C2395 #953323 #4C9523

square

#238595 #6C2395 #953323 #4C9523

split-complementary

#238595 #95234C #956C23

monochromatic

#0C2D32 #175963 #238595 #2FB1C7 #5AC7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#238595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#238595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238595

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238595	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.089 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8b4',
    500: '#238595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238595;
$custom-light: #71a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56938,
    "c": 0.08917,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238595

secondary

#BD6557

accent

#5A43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238595

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

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