#238C97#238C97

#238C97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C97
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 7.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.33, -24.74, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.33, 28.54, 209.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0826 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.092 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6547, 21.3460, 32.5673)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C97 #972E23

analogous

#239768 #238C97 #235297

triadic

#238C97 #97238C #8C9723

tetradic

#238C97 #682397 #972E23 #529723

square

#238C97 #682397 #972E23 #529723

split-complementary

#238C97 #972352 #976823

monochromatic

#0C3034 #175E65 #238C97 #2FBAC9 #5BCDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#238C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#238C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C97

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C97	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)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb5',
    500: '#238c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c97;
$custom-light: #72aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58811,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C97

secondary

#BE6258

accent

#5242E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C97

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

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