#238587#238587

#238587 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.086 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238587
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 135)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 1.5%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, -26.27, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 27.81, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0826 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.086 197)
XYZ	xyz(13.4519, 18.8800, 25.8522)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238587 #872523

analogous

#238757 #238587 #235387

triadic

#238587 #872385 #858723

tetradic

#238587 #572387 #872523 #538723

square

#238587 #572387 #872523 #538723

split-complementary

#238587 #872353 #875723

monochromatic

#0A2526 #165556 #238587 #30B5B8 #52D0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#238587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#238587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238587

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238587	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.086 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa9a9',
    500: '#238587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238587;
$custom-light: #6fa9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56379,
    "c": 0.08639,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.18882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238587

secondary

#B65250

accent

#4946E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238587

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

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