#238E9C#238E9C

#238E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.094 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E9C
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -24.15, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 28.90, 213.34°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% -0.0825 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.094 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3643, 22.1016, 34.8496)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E9C #9C3123

analogous

#239C6D #238E9C #23529C

triadic

#238E9C #9C238E #8E9C23

tetradic

#238E9C #6D239C #9C3123 #529C23

square

#238E9C #6D239C #9C3123 #529C23

split-complementary

#238E9C #9C2352 #9C6D23

monochromatic

#0D3338 #18616A #238E9C #2EBCCE #5ECDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#238E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#238E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E9C

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E9C	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.094 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb9',
    500: '#238e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e9c;
$custom-light: #73afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.942,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59524,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E9C

secondary

#C0675B

accent

#5541E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E9C

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

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