#238C91#238C91

#238C91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.091 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C91
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 145)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -26.65, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 28.86, 202.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0853 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.091 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1798, 21.1560, 30.0661)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C91 #912823

analogous

#23915F #238C91 #235591

triadic

#238C91 #91238C #8C9123

tetradic

#238C91 #5F2391 #912823 #559123

square

#238C91 #5F2391 #912823 #559123

split-complementary

#238C91 #912355 #915F23

monochromatic

#0B2D2E #175C60 #238C91 #2FBCC2 #58D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#238C91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C91

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C91	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.091 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeb1',
    500: '#238c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c91;
$custom-light: #71aeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58576,
    "c": 0.0907,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C91

secondary

#BB5A55

accent

#4B44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C91

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

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