#238B98#238B98

#238B98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B98
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -23.91, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 28.34, 212.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0812 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.092 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5908, 21.0877, 32.9483)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B98 #983023

analogous

#23986B #238B98 #235198

triadic

#238B98 #98238B #8B9823

tetradic

#238B98 #6B2398 #983023 #519823

square

#238B98 #6B2398 #983023 #519823

split-complementary

#238B98 #982351 #986B23

monochromatic

#0C3035 #185E66 #238B98 #2EB8CA #5CCCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#238B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#238B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B98

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B98	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb6',
    500: '#238b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b98;
$custom-light: #72adb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58596,
    "c": 0.09158,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B98

secondary

#BE6459

accent

#5442E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B98

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

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