#238A9D#238A9D

#238A9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A9D
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -21.74, -18.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 28.43, 220.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.078 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.093 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8648, 20.9667, 35.1026)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A9D #9D3623

analogous

#239D73 #238A9D #234D9D

triadic

#238A9D #9D238A #8A9D23

tetradic

#238A9D #73239D #9D3623 #4D9D23

square

#238A9D #73239D #9D3623 #4D9D23

split-complementary

#238A9D #9D234D #9D7323

monochromatic

#0D3239 #185E6B #238A9D #2EB6CF #5FC8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#238A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A9D

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A9D	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acba',
    500: '#238a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a9d;
$custom-light: #73acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.344,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5855,
    "c": 0.09328,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A9D

secondary

#C06B5C

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A9D

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

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