#238698#238698

#238698 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.091 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238698
RGB	rgb(35, 134, 152)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 11.8%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.47, -21.30, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.47, 27.65, 219.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0761 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.091 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8833, 19.6727, 32.7125)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238698 #983523

analogous

#239870 #238698 #234C98

triadic

#238698 #982386 #869823

tetradic

#238698 #702398 #983523 #4C9823

square

#238698 #702398 #983523 #4C9823

split-complementary

#238698 #98234C #987023

monochromatic

#0C2E35 #185A66 #238698 #2EB2CA #5CC6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#238698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#238698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238698

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238698	1.00	4.26	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 134, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.091 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a9b6',
    500: '#238698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238698;
$custom-light: #72a9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5732,
    "c": 0.09058,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238698

secondary

#BE6859

accent

#5B42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238698

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

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