#238C94#238C94

#238C94 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C94
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 148)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 5.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -25.70, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 28.65, 206.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.084 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4141, 21.2497, 31.3005)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C94 #942B23

analogous

#239463 #238C94 #235394

triadic

#238C94 #94238C #8C9423

tetradic

#238C94 #632394 #942B23 #539423

square

#238C94 #632394 #942B23 #539423

split-complementary

#238C94 #942353 #946323

monochromatic

#0C2E31 #175D63 #238C94 #2FBBC5 #5ACFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#238C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#238C94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C94

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C94	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)

#818695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb3',
    500: '#238c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c94;
$custom-light: #72aeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.248,
    "s": 61.749,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58692,
    "c": 0.09104,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C94

secondary

#BC5E57

accent

#4E43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C94

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

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