#238A9A#238A9A

#238A9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.092 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A9A
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 10.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -22.73, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 28.24, 216.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0793 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.092 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6118, 20.8655, 33.7702)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A9A #9A3323

analogous

#239A6F #238A9A #234F9A

triadic

#238A9A #9A238A #8A9A23

tetradic

#238A9A #6F239A #9A3323 #4F9A23

square

#238A9A #6F239A #9A3323 #4F9A23

split-complementary

#238A9A #9A234F #9A6F23

monochromatic

#0C3136 #185D68 #238A9A #2EB7CC #5DC9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A9A

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A9A	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)

#7D859B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.092 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb7',
    500: '#238a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a9a;
$custom-light: #72acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58423,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A9A

secondary

#BF675A

accent

#5842E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A9A

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

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