#238D9E#238D9E

#238D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.094 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D9E
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -22.98, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 28.83, 217.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0806 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.094 211)
XYZ	xyz(16.3869, 21.8737, 35.6995)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D9E #9E3423

analogous

#239E72 #238D9E #234F9E

triadic

#238D9E #9E238D #8D9E23

tetradic

#238D9E #72239E #9E3423 #4F9E23

square

#238D9E #72239E #9E3423 #4F9E23

split-complementary

#238D9E #9E234F #9E7223

monochromatic

#0D343A #18606C #238D9E #2EBAD0 #60CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#238D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#238D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D9E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D9E	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.094 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeba',
    500: '#238d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d9e;
$custom-light: #73aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.293,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59352,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.21876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D9E

secondary

#C16A5C

accent

#5841E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D9E

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

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