#238E96#238E96

#238E96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.092 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E96
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -26.08, -12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 29.03, 206.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% -0.0851 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.092 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8687, 21.9034, 32.2397)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E96 #962B23

analogous

#239665 #238E96 #235596

triadic

#238E96 #96238E #8E9623

tetradic

#238E96 #652396 #962B23 #559623

square

#238E96 #652396 #962B23 #559623

split-complementary

#238E96 #962355 #966523

monochromatic

#0C3033 #175F64 #238E96 #2FBDC8 #5BD0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#238E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#238E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E96

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E96	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)

#828897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.092 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb4',
    500: '#238e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e96;
$custom-light: #72afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.174,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59284,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E96

secondary

#BD5F58

accent

#4E43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E96

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

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