#238F9E#238F9E

#238F9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.094 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F9E
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, -24.01, -16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 29.10, 214.42°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0826 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.094 209)
XYZ	xyz(16.6845, 22.4688, 35.7987)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F9E #9E3223

analogous

#239E6F #238F9E #23519E

triadic

#238F9E #9E238F #8F9E23

tetradic

#238F9E #6F239E #9E3223 #519E23

square

#238F9E #6F239E #9E3223 #519E23

split-complementary

#238F9E #9E2351 #9E6F23

monochromatic

#0D343A #18626C #238F9E #2EBCD0 #60CDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#238F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#238F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F9E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F9E	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#82899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.094 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b0ba',
    500: '#238f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f9e;
$custom-light: #73b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.317,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5986,
    "c": 0.09449,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.22471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F9E

secondary

#C1685C

accent

#5541E7

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F9E

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

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