#238C98#238C98

#238C98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C98
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 152)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -24.42, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 28.53, 211.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% -0.0822 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.092 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7362, 21.3786, 32.9968)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C98 #982F23

analogous

#23986A #238C98 #235298

triadic

#238C98 #98238C #8C9823

tetradic

#238C98 #6A2398 #982F23 #529823

square

#238C98 #6A2398 #982F23 #529823

split-complementary

#238C98 #982352 #986A23

monochromatic

#0C3035 #185E66 #238C98 #2EBACA #5CCDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#238C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C98

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C98	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb6',
    500: '#238c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c98;
$custom-light: #72aeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58851,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C98

secondary

#BE6359

accent

#5342E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C98

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

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