#238F99#238F99

#238F99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.093 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F99
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 153)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -25.63, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 29.13, 208.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0848 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.093 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2628, 22.3002, 33.5781)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F99 #992D23

analogous

#239968 #238F99 #235499

triadic

#238F99 #99238F #8F9923

tetradic

#238F99 #682399 #992D23 #549923

square

#238F99 #682399 #992D23 #549923

split-complementary

#238F99 #992354 #996823

monochromatic

#0C3235 #186067 #238F99 #2EBECB #5DCFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#238F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#238F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F99

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F99	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.093 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0b7',
    500: '#238f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f99;
$custom-light: #73b0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.085,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59658,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F99

secondary

#BE6259

accent

#5042E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF5F6

border

#C9CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F99

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

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