#238F91#238F91

#238F91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.092 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F91
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 145)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -28.15, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 29.75, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.35% -0.0884 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(59.35% 0.092 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6241, 22.0447, 30.2142)
Luminance	0.2205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F91 #912523

analogous

#23915C #238F91 #235891

triadic

#238F91 #91238F #8F9123

tetradic

#238F91 #5C2391 #912523 #589123

square

#238F91 #5C2391 #912523 #589123

split-complementary

#238F91 #912358 #915C23

monochromatic

#0B2E2E #175E60 #238F91 #2FC0C2 #58D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#238F91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#238F91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F91

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F91	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.092 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0b1',
    500: '#238f91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f91;
$custom-light: #72b0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5935,
    "c": 0.09239,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F91

secondary

#BB5755

accent

#4644E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F5

border

#C8CFCF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F91

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

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