#238F9D#238F9D

#238F9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.094 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F9D
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 157)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, -24.34, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 29.09, 213.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0831 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.094 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5987, 22.4345, 35.3472)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F9D #9D3123

analogous

#239D6E #238F9D #23529D

triadic

#238F9D #9D238F #8F9D23

tetradic

#238F9D #6E239D #9D3123 #529D23

square

#238F9D #6E239D #9D3123 #529D23

split-complementary

#238F9D #9D2352 #9D6E23

monochromatic

#0D3439 #18616B #238F9D #2EBDCF #5FCDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#238F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#238F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F9D

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F9D	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.094 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0ba',
    500: '#238f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f9d;
$custom-light: #73b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.885,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59819,
    "c": 0.09417,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F9D

secondary

#C0675C

accent

#5441E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F9D

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

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