#238D9D#238D9D

#238D9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.094 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D9D
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -23.31, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 28.78, 215.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% -0.0811 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.094 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3012, 21.8394, 35.2480)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D9D #9D3323

analogous

#239D70 #238D9D #23509D

triadic

#238D9D #9D238D #8D9D23

tetradic

#238D9D #70239D #9D3323 #509D23

square

#238D9D #70239D #9D3323 #509D23

split-complementary

#238D9D #9D2350 #9D7023

monochromatic

#0D3339 #18606B #238D9D #2EBACF #5FCBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#238D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#238D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D9D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D9D	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.094 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeba',
    500: '#238d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d9d;
$custom-light: #73aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59311,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D9D

secondary

#C0695C

accent

#5741E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D9D

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

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