#238B9D#238B9D

#238B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B9D
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -22.27, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 28.53, 218.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.079 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.093 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0089, 21.2549, 35.1506)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B9D #9D3523

analogous

#239D72 #238B9D #234E9D

triadic

#238B9D #9D238B #8B9D23

tetradic

#238B9D #72239D #9D3523 #4E9D23

square

#238B9D #72239D #9D3523 #4E9D23

split-complementary

#238B9D #9D234E #9D7223

monochromatic

#0D3239 #185F6B #238B9D #2EB7CF #5FC9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#238B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#238B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B9D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B9D	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adba',
    500: '#238b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b9d;
$custom-light: #73adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.852,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58803,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B9D

secondary

#C06A5C

accent

#5A41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B9D

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

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