#238C9D#238C9D

#238C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.094 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C9D
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -22.79, -17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 28.65, 217.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0801 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.094 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1544, 21.5458, 35.1991)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C9D #9D3423

analogous

#239D71 #238C9D #234F9D

triadic

#238C9D #9D238C #8C9D23

tetradic

#238C9D #71239D #9D3423 #4F9D23

square

#238C9D #71239D #9D3423 #4F9D23

split-complementary

#238C9D #9D234F #9D7123

monochromatic

#0D3339 #185F6B #238C9D #2EB9CF #5FCADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#238C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#238C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C9D

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C9D	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.094 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeba',
    500: '#238c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c9d;
$custom-light: #73aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.361,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59057,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C9D

secondary

#C06A5C

accent

#5841E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C9D

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

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