#238C99#238C99

#238C99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C99
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -24.10, -15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 28.53, 212.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0818 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.092 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8185, 21.4115, 33.4299)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C99 #993023

analogous

#23996B #238C99 #235199

triadic

#238C99 #99238C #8C9923

tetradic

#238C99 #6B2399 #993023 #519923

square

#238C99 #6B2399 #993023 #519923

split-complementary

#238C99 #992351 #996B23

monochromatic

#0C3135 #185E67 #238C99 #2EBACB #5DCCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#238C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C99

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C99	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)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb7',
    500: '#238c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c99;
$custom-light: #72aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58892,
    "c": 0.09216,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C99

secondary

#BE6459

accent

#5442E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C99

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

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