#238899

Color #238899

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 11.73 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 7.6

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Conversions

HEX

#238899

RGB

rgb(35, 136, 153)

HSL

hsl(188.6, 62.8%, 36.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(188.6, 77.1%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 40%)

LAB

lab(52.13, -22.02, -17.19)

LCH

lch(52.13, 27.94, 217.98)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0913, 211.65)

HWB

hwb(188.6, 13.7%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#993423

Analogous

#23996f

#238899

#234d99

Triadic

#238899

#992388

#889923

Split-complementary

#238899

#99234d

#996f23

Tetradic

#238899

#342399

#993423

#889923

Square

#238899

#6f2399

#993423

#4d9923

Shades

Color #238899 mixed toward black.

#1d7280

#175b66

#12444d

#0c2d33

#06171a

Tints

Color #238899 mixed toward white.

#2dafc5

#50c4d7

#7cd3e1

#a8e1eb

#d3f0f5

Tones

Color #238899 mixed toward gray.

#2d818f

#377a85

#41737c

#4a6c72

#546568

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.16:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.05:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.05:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#606095 · ΔE 26.3

Deuteranopia

#5a5394 · ΔE 28.9

Tritanopia

#2f9291 · ΔE 8.1

Achromatopsia

#7c7c7c · ΔE 19.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #238899;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#238899]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Light Blue #add8e6

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Frequently asked questions

#238899 (#238899) is rgb(35, 136, 153) in RGB.

No, #238899 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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