#238598#238598

#238598 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.090 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238598
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 152)
HSL	hsl(190, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(190, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 12.5%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, -20.77, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 27.56, 221.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% -0.0751 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.09 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7457, 19.3976, 32.6666)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238598 #983623

analogous

#239871 #238598 #234A98

triadic

#238598 #982385 #859823

tetradic

#238598 #712398 #983623 #4A9823

square

#238598 #712398 #983623 #4A9823

split-complementary

#238598 #98234A #987123

monochromatic

#0C2E35 #185966 #238598 #2EB1CA #5CC5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#238598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#238598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238598

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238598	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677598

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.090 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8b6',
    500: '#238598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238598;
$custom-light: #71a8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.744,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57066,
    "c": 0.09048,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238598

secondary

#BE6959

accent

#5D42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238598

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

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