#238E9E#238E9E

#238E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.094 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E9E
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -23.49, -16.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 28.96, 215.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.0816 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.094 210)
XYZ	xyz(16.5350, 22.1699, 35.7489)
Luminance	0.2217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E9E #9E3323

analogous

#239E70 #238E9E #23509E

triadic

#238E9E #9E238E #8E9E23

tetradic

#238E9E #70239E #9E3323 #509E23

square

#238E9E #70239E #9E3323 #509E23

split-complementary

#238E9E #9E2350 #9E7023

monochromatic

#0D343A #18616C #238E9E #2EBBD0 #60CCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#238E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#238E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E9E

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E9E	1.00	3.86	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.86	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)

#80899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.094 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afba',
    500: '#238e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e9e;
$custom-light: #73afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.805,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59606,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.22172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E9E

secondary

#C1695C

accent

#5741E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E9E

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

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