#238B90#238B90

#238B90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.090 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B90
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 144)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -26.47, -11.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 28.67, 202.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0848 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.09 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9575, 20.8344, 29.6133)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B90 #902823

analogous

#23905E #238B90 #235590

triadic

#238B90 #90238B #8B9023

tetradic

#238B90 #5E2390 #902823 #559023

square

#238B90 #5E2390 #902823 #559023

split-complementary

#238B90 #902355 #905E23

monochromatic

#0B2C2E #175B5F #238B90 #2FBBC1 #57D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238B90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238B90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B90

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B90	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)

#808490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.090 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adb0',
    500: '#238b90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b90;
$custom-light: #71adb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.752,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58279,
    "c": 0.09011,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B90

secondary

#BA5954

accent

#4B44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B90

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

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