#238D98#238D98

#238D98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D98
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 152)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 7.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -24.93, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 28.73, 209.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0832 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.092 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8830, 21.6721, 33.0457)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D98 #982E23

analogous

#239869 #238D98 #235398

triadic

#238D98 #98238D #8D9823

tetradic

#238D98 #692398 #982E23 #539823

square

#238D98 #692398 #982E23 #539823

split-complementary

#238D98 #982353 #986923

monochromatic

#0C3135 #185F66 #238D98 #2EBBCA #5CCED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#238D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#238D98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D98

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D98	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)

#818799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb6',
    500: '#238d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d98;
$custom-light: #72aeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59107,
    "c": 0.0922,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D98

secondary

#BE6259

accent

#5242E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D98

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

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