#238D9C#238D9C

#238D9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D9C
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -23.63, -16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 28.75, 214.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0815 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.093 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2161, 21.8054, 34.8002)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D9C #9C3223

analogous

#239C6F #238D9C #23519C

triadic

#238D9C #9C238D #8D9C23

tetradic

#238D9C #6F239C #9C3223 #519C23

square

#238D9C #6F239C #9C3223 #519C23

split-complementary

#238D9C #9C2351 #9C6F23

monochromatic

#0D3338 #18606A #238D9C #2EBACE #5ECCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#238D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#238D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D9C

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D9C	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb9',
    500: '#238d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d9c;
$custom-light: #73aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59269,
    "c": 0.09336,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D9C

secondary

#C0685B

accent

#5641E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D9C

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

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