#238D9A#238D9A

#238D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D9A
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, -24.28, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 28.71, 212.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0824 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.093 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0482, 21.7382, 33.9157)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D9A #9A3023

analogous

#239A6C #238D9A #23519A

triadic

#238D9A #9A238D #8D9A23

tetradic

#238D9A #6C239A #9A3023 #519A23

square

#238D9A #6C239A #9A3023 #519A23

split-complementary

#238D9A #9A2351 #9A6C23

monochromatic

#0C3236 #185F68 #238D9A #2EBBCC #5DCDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#238D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D9A

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D9A	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb7',
    500: '#238d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d9a;
$custom-light: #73aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59188,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D9A

secondary

#BF655A

accent

#5442E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D9A

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

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