#238E9D#238E9D

#238E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.094 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E9D
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -23.82, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 28.93, 214.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% -0.0821 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.094 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4493, 22.1356, 35.2974)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E9D #9D3223

analogous

#239D6F #238E9D #23519D

triadic

#238E9D #9D238E #8E9D23

tetradic

#238E9D #6F239D #9D3223 #519D23

square

#238E9D #6F239D #9D3223 #519D23

split-complementary

#238E9D #9D2351 #9D6F23

monochromatic

#0D3339 #18616B #238E9D #2EBBCF #5FCCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#238E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#238E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E9D

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E9D	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.094 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afba',
    500: '#238e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e9d;
$custom-light: #73afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.377,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59565,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E9D

secondary

#C0685C

accent

#5641E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E9D

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

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