#238E97#238E97

#238E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.092 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E97
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -25.76, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 28.98, 207.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% -0.0847 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.092 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9496, 21.9357, 32.6656)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E97 #972C23

analogous

#239766 #238E97 #235497

triadic

#238E97 #97238E #8E9723

tetradic

#238E97 #662397 #972C23 #549723

square

#238E97 #662397 #972C23 #549723

split-complementary

#238E97 #972354 #976623

monochromatic

#0C3134 #175F65 #238E97 #2FBDC9 #5BCFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#238E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#238E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E97

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E97	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.092 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb5',
    500: '#238e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e97;
$custom-light: #72afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59323,
    "c": 0.09238,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E97

secondary

#BE6058

accent

#4F42E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E97

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

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