#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
RGBrgb(35, 140, 150)
HSLhsl(185, 62%, 36%)
HSVhsv(185, 77%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(76.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LABlab(53.29, -25.06, -13.70)
CIE-LCHlch(53.29, 28.56, 208.66°)
OKLaboklab(58.77% -0.0831 -0.0381)
OKLCHoklch(58.77% 0.091 204.6)
XYZxyz(15.5738, 21.3136, 32.1414)
Luminance0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##238C961.003.995.265.26
#FFFFFF3.991.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2621.001.001.00
##0000005.2621.001.001.00

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

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#238C96 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva