#238E9A#238E9A

#238E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.093 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E9A
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -24.80, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 28.90, 210.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0834 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.093 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1963, 22.0344, 33.9650)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E9A #9A2F23

analogous

#239A6A #238E9A #23539A

triadic

#238E9A #9A238E #8E9A23

tetradic

#238E9A #6A239A #9A2F23 #539A23

square

#238E9A #6A239A #9A2F23 #539A23

split-complementary

#238E9A #9A2353 #9A6A23

monochromatic

#0C3236 #186068 #238E9A #2EBCCC #5DCEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#238E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#238E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E9A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E9A	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.093 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb7',
    500: '#238e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e9a;
$custom-light: #73afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.05,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59443,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E9A

secondary

#BF645A

accent

#5242E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E9A

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

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