#238D9F#238D9F

#238D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.095 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D9F
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -22.65, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 28.88, 218.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0802 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.095 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4733, 21.9083, 36.1547)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D9F #9F3523

analogous

#239F73 #238D9F #234F9F

triadic

#238D9F #9F238D #8D9F23

tetradic

#238D9F #73239F #9F3523 #4F9F23

square

#238D9F #73239F #9F3523 #4F9F23

split-complementary

#238D9F #9F234F #9F7323

monochromatic

#0D343B #18616D #238D9F #2EB9D1 #60CADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#238D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#238D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D9F

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D9F	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.095 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aebb',
    500: '#238d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d9f;
$custom-light: #73aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59394,
    "c": 0.0945,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D9F

secondary

#C16B5D

accent

#5941E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D9F

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

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