#238A98#238A98

#238A98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.091 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A98
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -23.39, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 28.18, 213.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.34% -0.0802 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(58.34% 0.091 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4466, 20.7994, 32.9003)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A98 #983123

analogous

#23986C #238A98 #235098

triadic

#238A98 #98238A #8A9823

tetradic

#238A98 #6C2398 #983123 #509823

square

#238A98 #6C2398 #983123 #509823

split-complementary

#238A98 #982350 #986C23

monochromatic

#0C3035 #185D66 #238A98 #2EB7CA #5CCAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A98

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A98	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.091 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb6',
    500: '#238a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a98;
$custom-light: #72acb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.179,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58341,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A98

secondary

#BE6559

accent

#5642E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A98

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

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