#238889#238889

#238889 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.088 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238889
RGB	rgb(35, 136, 137)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -27.15, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 28.52, 197.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.24% -0.0848 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(57.24% 0.088 196)
XYZ	xyz(14.0106, 19.7701, 26.7397)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238889 #892423

analogous

#238957 #238889 #235589

triadic

#238889 #892388 #888923

tetradic

#238889 #572389 #892423 #558923

square

#238889 #572389 #892423 #558923

split-complementary

#238889 #892355 #895723

monochromatic

#0A2728 #175858 #238889 #2FB8BA #53D2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#238889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#238889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238889

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238889	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70768A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 136, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.088 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70abab',
    500: '#238889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238889;
$custom-light: #70abab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.588,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57236,
    "c": 0.08824,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.19772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238889

secondary

#B75251

accent

#4745E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238889

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

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