#238990#238990

#238990 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.089 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238990
RGB	rgb(35, 137, 144)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, -25.46, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 28.13, 205.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0827 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.089 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6706, 20.2605, 29.5176)
Luminance	0.2026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238990 #902A23

analogous

#239060 #238990 #235390

triadic

#238990 #902389 #899023

tetradic

#238990 #602390 #902A23 #539023

square

#238990 #602390 #902A23 #539023

split-complementary

#238990 #902353 #906023

monochromatic

#0B2B2E #175A5F #238990 #2FB8C1 #57CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238990

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238990	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 137, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.089 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acb0',
    500: '#238990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238990;
$custom-light: #71acb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.853,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57763,
    "c": 0.08912,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238990

secondary

#BA5B54

accent

#4E44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238990

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

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