#238D99#238D99

#238D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D99
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -24.61, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 28.71, 211.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0828 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.092 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9652, 21.7050, 33.4789)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D99 #992F23

analogous

#23996A #238D99 #235299

triadic

#238D99 #99238D #8D9923

tetradic

#238D99 #6A2399 #992F23 #529923

square

#238D99 #6A2399 #992F23 #529923

split-complementary

#238D99 #992352 #996A23

monochromatic

#0C3135 #185F67 #238D99 #2EBBCB #5DCDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#238D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D99

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D99	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeb7',
    500: '#238d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d99;
$custom-light: #72aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59147,
    "c": 0.09246,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D99

secondary

#BE6459

accent

#5342E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D99

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

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