#238E99#238E99

#238E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E99
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, -25.12, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 28.91, 209.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0838 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.093 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1134, 22.0013, 33.5282)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E99 #992E23

analogous

#239969 #238E99 #235399

triadic

#238E99 #99238E #8E9923

tetradic

#238E99 #692399 #992E23 #539923

square

#238E99 #692399 #992E23 #539923

split-complementary

#238E99 #992353 #996923

monochromatic

#0C3235 #186067 #238E99 #2EBCCB #5DCEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#238E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#238E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E99

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E99	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb7',
    500: '#238e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e99;
$custom-light: #73afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.593,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59402,
    "c": 0.09278,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E99

secondary

#BE6359

accent

#5142E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E99

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

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