#238B97#238B97

#238B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.091 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B97
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -24.23, -14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 28.34, 211.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0816 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.091 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5092, 21.0550, 32.5188)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B97 #972F23

analogous

#239769 #238B97 #235197

triadic

#238B97 #97238B #8B9723

tetradic

#238B97 #692397 #972F23 #519723

square

#238B97 #692397 #972F23 #519723

split-complementary

#238B97 #972351 #976923

monochromatic

#0C3034 #175D65 #238B97 #2FB9C9 #5BCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#238B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B97

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B97	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.091 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb5',
    500: '#238b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b97;
$custom-light: #72adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58555,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B97

secondary

#BE6358

accent

#5342E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B97

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

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