#238D96#238D96

#238D96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.092 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D96
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 6%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.61, -25.57, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.61, 28.79, 207.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0841 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.092 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7206, 21.6072, 32.1903)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D96 #962C23

analogous

#239666 #238D96 #235496

triadic

#238D96 #96238D #8D9623

tetradic

#238D96 #662396 #962C23 #549623

square

#238D96 #662396 #962C23 #549623

split-complementary

#238D96 #962354 #966623

monochromatic

#0C3033 #175E64 #238D96 #2FBCC8 #5BCFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#238D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#238D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D96

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D96	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.092 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb4',
    500: '#238d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d96;
$custom-light: #72aeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59027,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D96

secondary

#BD6058

accent

#4F43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D96

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

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