#238A9E#238A9E

#238A9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A9E
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -21.41, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 28.52, 221.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.0776 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.094 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9505, 21.0010, 35.5541)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A9E #9E3723

analogous

#239E74 #238A9E #234C9E

triadic

#238A9E #9E238A #8A9E23

tetradic

#238A9E #74239E #9E3723 #4C9E23

square

#238A9E #74239E #9E3723 #4C9E23

split-complementary

#238A9E #9E234C #9E7423

monochromatic

#0D323A #185E6C #238A9E #2EB6D0 #60C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A9E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A9E	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acba',
    500: '#238a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a9e;
$custom-light: #73acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.756,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58592,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A9E

secondary

#C16D5C

accent

#5C41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A9E

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

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