#238E90#238E90

#238E90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E90
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 144)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, -27.96, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 29.56, 198.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% -0.0878 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.092 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3979, 21.7151, 29.7600)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E90 #902523

analogous

#23905C #238E90 #235790

triadic

#238E90 #90238E #8E9023

tetradic

#238E90 #5C2390 #902523 #579023

square

#238E90 #5C2390 #902523 #579023

split-complementary

#238E90 #902357 #905C23

monochromatic

#0B2D2E #175D5F #238E90 #2FBFC1 #57D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#238E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E90

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E90	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb0',
    500: '#238e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e90;
$custom-light: #72afb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.101,
    "s": 60.894,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59054,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E90

secondary

#BA5654

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E90

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

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