#238F98#238F98

#238F98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.093 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F98
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 152)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 5.9%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -25.95, -13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 29.16, 207.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0853 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.093 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1806, 22.2673, 33.1449)
Luminance	0.2227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F98 #982C23

analogous

#239867 #238F98 #235598

triadic

#238F98 #98238F #8F9823

tetradic

#238F98 #672398 #982C23 #559823

square

#238F98 #672398 #982C23 #559823

split-complementary

#238F98 #982355 #986723

monochromatic

#0C3135 #186066 #238F98 #2EBECA #5CD0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#238F98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#238F98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F98

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F98	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	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)

#838999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.093 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0b6',
    500: '#238f98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f98;
$custom-light: #73b0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59618,
    "c": 0.09296,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F98

secondary

#BE6159

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F98

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

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