#238B9F#238B9F

#238B9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.094 H 214.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B9F
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -21.60, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 28.69, 221.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0782 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.094 214)
XYZ	xyz(16.1811, 21.3238, 36.0573)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B9F #9F3723

analogous

#239F75 #238B9F #234D9F

triadic

#238B9F #9F238B #8B9F23

tetradic

#238B9F #75239F #9F3723 #4D9F23

square

#238B9F #75239F #9F3723 #4D9F23

split-complementary

#238B9F #9F234D #9F7523

monochromatic

#0D333B #185F6D #238B9F #2EB7D1 #60C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#238B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#238B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B9F

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B9F	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.094 214.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adbb',
    500: '#238b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b9f;
$custom-light: #73adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58888,
    "c": 0.09429,
    "h": 214
  },
  "luminance": 0.21326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B9F

secondary

#C16D5D

accent

#5C41E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B9F

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

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