#238B95#238B95

#238B95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B95
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 149)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -24.88, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 28.38, 208.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0825 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.091 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3482, 20.9906, 31.6706)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B95 #952D23

analogous

#239566 #238B95 #235295

triadic

#238B95 #95238B #8B9523

tetradic

#238B95 #662395 #952D23 #529523

square

#238B95 #662395 #952D23 #529523

split-complementary

#238B95 #952352 #956623

monochromatic

#0C2F32 #175D63 #238B95 #2FB9C7 #5ACDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B95

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B95	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)

#7F8596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb4',
    500: '#238b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b95;
$custom-light: #72adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58475,
    "c": 0.09082,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B95

secondary

#BD6057

accent

#5143E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B95

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

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