#238F9B#238F9B

#238F9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.094 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F9B
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 155)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, -24.98, -14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 29.08, 210.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0839 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.094 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4294, 22.3668, 34.4553)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F9B #9B2F23

analogous

#239B6B #238F9B #23539B

triadic

#238F9B #9B238F #8F9B23

tetradic

#238F9B #6B239B #9B2F23 #539B23

square

#238F9B #6B239B #9B2F23 #539B23

split-complementary

#238F9B #9B2353 #9B6B23

monochromatic

#0C3337 #186169 #238F9B #2EBDCD #5ECEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#238F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#238F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F9B

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F9B	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.094 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0b8',
    500: '#238f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f9b;
$custom-light: #73b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59738,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F9B

secondary

#BF655A

accent

#5242E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F9B

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

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