#238F9C#238F9C

#238F9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.094 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F9C
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 156)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, -24.66, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 29.08, 212.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0835 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.094 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5137, 22.4005, 34.8994)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F9C #9C3023

analogous

#239C6C #238F9C #23539C

triadic

#238F9C #9C238F #8F9C23

tetradic

#238F9C #6C239C #9C3023 #539C23

square

#238F9C #6C239C #9C3023 #539C23

split-complementary

#238F9C #9C2353 #9C6C23

monochromatic

#0D3338 #18616A #238F9C #2EBDCE #5ECEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#238F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#238F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F9C

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F9C	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.094 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0b9',
    500: '#238f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f9c;
$custom-light: #73b0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.446,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59778,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F9C

secondary

#C0665B

accent

#5341E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F9C

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

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