#238B96#238B96

#238B96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B96
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -24.55, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 28.35, 210.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% -0.0821 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.091 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4283, 21.0227, 32.0929)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B96 #962E23

analogous

#239668 #238B96 #235296

triadic

#238B96 #96238B #8B9623

tetradic

#238B96 #682396 #962E23 #529623

square

#238B96 #682396 #962E23 #529623

split-complementary

#238B96 #962352 #966823

monochromatic

#0C2F33 #175D64 #238B96 #2FB9C8 #5BCDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B96

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B96	1.00	4.03	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.03	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)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb4',
    500: '#238b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b96;
$custom-light: #72adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58515,
    "c": 0.09105,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B96

secondary

#BD6158

accent

#5243E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B96

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

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