#238B9B#238B9B

#238B9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B9B
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 10.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -22.93, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 28.42, 216.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0799 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.093 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8396, 21.1872, 34.2587)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B9B #9B3323

analogous

#239B6F #238B9B #234F9B

triadic

#238B9B #9B238B #8B9B23

tetradic

#238B9B #6F239B #9B3323 #4F9B23

square

#238B9B #6F239B #9B3323 #4F9B23

split-complementary

#238B9B #9B234F #9B6F23

monochromatic

#0C3137 #185E69 #238B9B #2EB8CD #5ECADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#238B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B9B

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B9B	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adb8',
    500: '#238b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b9b;
$custom-light: #72adb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58719,
    "c": 0.09259,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B9B

secondary

#BF685A

accent

#5842E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B9B

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

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