#238C96#238C96

#238C96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C96
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -25.06, -13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 28.56, 208.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0831 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.091 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5738, 21.3136, 32.1414)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C96 #962D23

analogous

#239667 #238C96 #235396

triadic

#238C96 #96238C #8C9623

tetradic

#238C96 #672396 #962D23 #539623

square

#238C96 #672396 #962D23 #539623

split-complementary

#238C96 #962353 #966723

monochromatic

#0C2F33 #175E64 #238C96 #2FBAC8 #5BCED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#238C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#238C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C96

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C96	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb4',
    500: '#238c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c96;
$custom-light: #72aeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58771,
    "c": 0.0914,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C96

secondary

#BD6058

accent

#5143E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C96

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

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