#238E95#238E95

#238E95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.092 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E95
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 149)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, -26.40, -12.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 29.09, 204.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0856 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.092 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7885, 21.8713, 31.8174)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E95 #952A23

analogous

#239563 #238E95 #235595

triadic

#238E95 #95238E #8E9523

tetradic

#238E95 #632395 #952A23 #559523

square

#238E95 #632395 #952A23 #559523

split-complementary

#238E95 #952355 #956323

monochromatic

#0C3032 #175F63 #238E95 #2FBDC7 #5AD1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#238E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#238E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E95

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E95	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.092 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb4',
    500: '#238e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e95;
$custom-light: #72afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.684,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59245,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E95

secondary

#BD5D57

accent

#4D43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E95

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

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