#238A96#238A96

#238A96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.091 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A96
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -24.04, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 28.16, 211.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% -0.081 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.091 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2842, 20.7344, 32.0449)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A96 #962F23

analogous

#239669 #238A96 #235196

triadic

#238A96 #96238A #8A9623

tetradic

#238A96 #692396 #962F23 #519623

square

#238A96 #692396 #962F23 #519623

split-complementary

#238A96 #962351 #966923

monochromatic

#0C2F33 #175C64 #238A96 #2FB8C8 #5BCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#238A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A96

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A96	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.091 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb4',
    500: '#238a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a96;
$custom-light: #72acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.261,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58259,
    "c": 0.09073,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A96

secondary

#BD6258

accent

#5443E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A96

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

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