#238D91#238D91

#238D91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D91
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 145)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -27.15, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 29.15, 201.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0864 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.091 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3265, 21.4496, 30.1150)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D91 #912723

analogous

#23915E #238D91 #235691

triadic

#238D91 #91238D #8D9123

tetradic

#238D91 #5E2391 #912723 #569123

square

#238D91 #5E2391 #912723 #569123

split-complementary

#238D91 #912356 #915E23

monochromatic

#0B2D2E #175D60 #238D91 #2FBDC2 #58D2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#238D91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#238D91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D91

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D91	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737B92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb1',
    500: '#238d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d91;
$custom-light: #72aeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.182,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58834,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D91

secondary

#BB5955

accent

#4944E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D91

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

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