#238E91#238E91

#238E91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.092 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E91
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 145)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -27.65, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 29.44, 200.08°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0874 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.092 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.4747, 21.7458, 30.1644)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E91 #912623

analogous

#23915D #238E91 #235791

triadic

#238E91 #91238E #8E9123

tetradic

#238E91 #5D2391 #912623 #579123

square

#238E91 #5D2391 #912623 #579123

split-complementary

#238E91 #912357 #915D23

monochromatic

#0B2D2E #175E60 #238E91 #2FBEC2 #58D3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#238E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E91

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E91	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.092 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb1',
    500: '#238e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e91;
$custom-light: #72afb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.636,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59092,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E91

secondary

#BB5855

accent

#4844E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E91

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

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