#238B94#238B94

#238B94 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.091 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B94
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 148)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, -25.20, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 28.41, 207.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.083 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.091 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2687, 20.9588, 31.2520)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B94 #942C23

analogous

#239464 #238B94 #235294

triadic

#238B94 #94238B #8B9423

tetradic

#238B94 #642394 #942C23 #529423

square

#238B94 #642394 #942C23 #529423

split-complementary

#238B94 #942352 #946423

monochromatic

#0C2E31 #175D63 #238B94 #2FB9C5 #5ACED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#238B94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B94

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B94	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)

#7F8595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.091 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb3',
    500: '#238b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b94;
$custom-light: #72adb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.779,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58435,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B94

secondary

#BC5F57

accent

#5043E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B94

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

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