#238F96#238F96

#238F96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.093 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F96
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 150)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, -26.58, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 29.27, 204.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0862 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.093 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0182, 22.2023, 32.2895)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F96 #962A23

analogous

#239664 #238F96 #235696

triadic

#238F96 #96238F #8F9623

tetradic

#238F96 #642396 #962A23 #569623

square

#238F96 #642396 #962A23 #569623

split-complementary

#238F96 #962356 #966423

monochromatic

#0C3033 #176064 #238F96 #2FBEC8 #5BD1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#238F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#238F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F96

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F96	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)

#848897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.093 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0b4',
    500: '#238f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f96;
$custom-light: #72b0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5954,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F96

secondary

#BD5E58

accent

#4C43E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F96

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

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