#238D97#238D97

#238D97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D97
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 151)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, -25.25, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 28.75, 208.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% -0.0837 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.092 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8015, 21.6395, 32.6162)
Luminance	0.2164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D97 #972D23

analogous

#239767 #238D97 #235397

triadic

#238D97 #97238D #8D9723

tetradic

#238D97 #672397 #972D23 #539723

square

#238D97 #672397 #972D23 #539723

split-complementary

#238D97 #972353 #976723

monochromatic

#0C3034 #175F65 #238D97 #2FBBC9 #5BCED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#238D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#238D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D97

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D97	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb5',
    500: '#238d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d97;
$custom-light: #72aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59067,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D97

secondary

#BE6158

accent

#5042E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D97

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

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