#238D9B#238D9B

#238D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D9B
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, -23.96, -15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 28.72, 213.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0819 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.093 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1318, 21.7717, 34.3561)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D9B #9B3123

analogous

#239B6D #238D9B #23519B

triadic

#238D9B #9B238D #8D9B23

tetradic

#238D9B #6D239B #9B3123 #519B23

square

#238D9B #6D239B #9B3123 #519B23

split-complementary

#238D9B #9B2351 #9B6D23

monochromatic

#0C3237 #186069 #238D9B #2EBACD #5ECCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#238D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#238D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D9B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D9B	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#80879C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb8',
    500: '#238d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d9b;
$custom-light: #73aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59228,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D9B

secondary

#BF665A

accent

#5542E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D9B

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

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