#238B99#238B99

#238B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B99
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -23.58, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 28.36, 213.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0808 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.092 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6730, 21.1206, 33.3815)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B99 #993123

analogous

#23996C #238B99 #235099

triadic

#238B99 #99238B #8B9923

tetradic

#238B99 #6C2399 #993123 #509923

square

#238B99 #6C2399 #993123 #509923

split-complementary

#238B99 #992350 #996C23

monochromatic

#0C3135 #185E67 #238B99 #2EB8CB #5DCBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#238B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#238B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B99

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B99	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)

#7E869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb7',
    500: '#238b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b99;
$custom-light: #72adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.119,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58637,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B99

secondary

#BE6559

accent

#5542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B99

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

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