#238E93#238E93

#238E93 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.092 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E93
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 147)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 3.4%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -27.03, -11.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 29.24, 202.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0865 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.092 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6302, 21.8080, 30.9837)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E93 #932823

analogous

#239360 #238E93 #235693

triadic

#238E93 #93238E #8E9323

tetradic

#238E93 #602393 #932823 #569323

square

#238E93 #602393 #932823 #569323

split-complementary

#238E93 #932356 #936023

monochromatic

#0B2E30 #175E62 #238E93 #2FBEC4 #59D2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#238E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#238E93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E93

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E93	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.092 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb2',
    500: '#238e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e93;
$custom-light: #72afb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.679,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59168,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E93

secondary

#BC5B56

accent

#4A43E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E93

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

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