#238A99#238A99

#238A99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.092 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A99
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -23.06, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 28.20, 215.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0797 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.092 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5289, 20.8323, 33.3334)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A99 #993223

analogous

#23996D #238A99 #234F99

triadic

#238A99 #99238A #8A9923

tetradic

#238A99 #6D2399 #993223 #4F9923

square

#238A99 #6D2399 #993223 #4F9923

split-complementary

#238A99 #99234F #996D23

monochromatic

#0C3035 #185D67 #238A99 #2EB7CB #5DCADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A99

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A99	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.092 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb7',
    500: '#238a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a99;
$custom-light: #72acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.627,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58382,
    "c": 0.09165,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A99

secondary

#BE6659

accent

#5742E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A99

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

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