#238F97#238F97

#238F97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.093 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F97
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 151)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -26.26, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 29.21, 205.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0857 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.093 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0990, 22.2346, 32.7154)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F97 #972B23

analogous

#239765 #238F97 #235597

triadic

#238F97 #97238F #8F9723

tetradic

#238F97 #652397 #972B23 #559723

square

#238F97 #652397 #972B23 #559723

split-complementary

#238F97 #972355 #976523

monochromatic

#0C3134 #176065 #238F97 #2FBEC9 #5BD0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#238F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#238F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F97

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F97	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.093 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0b5',
    500: '#238f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f97;
$custom-light: #72b0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.138,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59579,
    "c": 0.0928,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F97

secondary

#BE5F58

accent

#4E42E5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F97

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

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