#238EA3#238EA3

#238EA3 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.096 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238EA3
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -21.84, -19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 29.30, 221.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0795 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.096 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9742, 22.3456, 38.0617)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238EA3 #A33823

analogous

#23A378 #238EA3 #234EA3

triadic

#238EA3 #A3238E #8EA323

tetradic

#238EA3 #7823A3 #A33823 #4EA323

square

#238EA3 #7823A3 #A33823 #4EA323

split-complementary

#238EA3 #A3234E #A37823

monochromatic

#0D363E #186271 #238EA3 #31B8D3 #63C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#238EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#238EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238EA3

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238EA3	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.096 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afbe',
    500: '#238ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238ea3;
$custom-light: #74afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.844,
    "s": 64.646,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59816,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238EA3

secondary

#C36F5F

accent

#5C40E8

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #238EA3

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

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