#238E9F#238E9F

#238E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.095 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E9F
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, -23.17, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 29.00, 216.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0812 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.095 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6214, 22.2045, 36.2040)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E9F #9F3423

analogous

#239F72 #238E9F #23509F

triadic

#238E9F #9F238E #8E9F23

tetradic

#238E9F #72239F #9F3423 #509F23

square

#238E9F #72239F #9F3423 #509F23

split-complementary

#238E9F #9F2350 #9F7223

monochromatic

#0D343B #18616D #238E9F #2EBBD1 #60CBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#238E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#238E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E9F

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E9F	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8089A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.095 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afbb',
    500: '#238e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e9f;
$custom-light: #73afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.226,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59647,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E9F

secondary

#C16A5D

accent

#5841E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E9F

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

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