#238A95#238A95

#238A95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A95
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 149)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 7.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -24.36, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 28.17, 210.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0815 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.09 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2040, 20.7024, 31.6226)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A95 #952E23

analogous

#239567 #238A95 #235195

triadic

#238A95 #95238A #8A9523

tetradic

#238A95 #672395 #952E23 #519523

square

#238A95 #672395 #952E23 #519523

split-complementary

#238A95 #952351 #956723

monochromatic

#0C2E32 #175C63 #238A95 #2FB8C7 #5ACCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238A95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#238A95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A95

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A95	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb4',
    500: '#238a95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a95;
$custom-light: #72acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.789,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58219,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A95

secondary

#BD6157

accent

#5243E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A95

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

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