#238896#238896

#238896 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.090 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238896
RGB	rgb(35, 136, 150)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -23.01, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 27.81, 214.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.079 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.09 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.9999, 20.1658, 31.9501)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238896 #963123

analogous

#23966B #238896 #234F96

triadic

#238896 #962388 #889623

tetradic

#238896 #6B2396 #963123 #4F9623

square

#238896 #6B2396 #963123 #4F9623

split-complementary

#238896 #96234F #966B23

monochromatic

#0C2E33 #175B64 #238896 #2FB5C8 #5BC9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#238896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238896

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238896	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 136, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.090 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71abb4',
    500: '#238896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238896;
$custom-light: #71abb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.304,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57747,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238896

secondary

#BD6458

accent

#5643E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238896

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

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