#238A97#238A97

#238A97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.091 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A97
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -23.72, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 28.16, 212.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% -0.0806 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.091 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3651, 20.7668, 32.4707)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A97 #973023

analogous

#23976A #238A97 #235097

triadic

#238A97 #97238A #8A9723

tetradic

#238A97 #6A2397 #973023 #509723

square

#238A97 #6A2397 #973023 #509723

split-complementary

#238A97 #972350 #976A23

monochromatic

#0C2F34 #175D65 #238A97 #2FB7C9 #5BCBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#238A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A97

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A97	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	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)

#7D8498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.091 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb5',
    500: '#238a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a97;
$custom-light: #72acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.724,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.583,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A97

secondary

#BE6458

accent

#5542E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A97

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

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