#238E98#238E98

#238E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E98
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -25.44, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 28.94, 208.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% -0.0842 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.093 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0311, 21.9684, 33.0951)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E98 #982D23

analogous

#239868 #238E98 #235498

triadic

#238E98 #98238E #8E9823

tetradic

#238E98 #682398 #982D23 #549823

square

#238E98 #682398 #982D23 #549823

split-complementary

#238E98 #982354 #986823

monochromatic

#0C3135 #186066 #238E98 #2EBCCA #5CCFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#238E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#238E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E98

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E98	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	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)

#828899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afb6',
    500: '#238e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e98;
$custom-light: #72afb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.128,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59363,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E98

secondary

#BE6159

accent

#5042E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E98

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

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