#238685#238685

#238685 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.087 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238685
RGB	rgb(35, 134, 133)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -27.39, -7.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 28.41, 195.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% -0.0846 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.087 194)
XYZ	xyz(13.4499, 19.0994, 25.1634)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238685 #862324

analogous

#238653 #238685 #235586

triadic

#238685 #852386 #868523

tetradic

#238685 #532386 #862324 #558623

square

#238685 #532386 #862324 #558623

split-complementary

#238685 #862355 #865323

monochromatic

#0A2525 #165555 #238685 #30B7B5 #52D2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#238685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#238685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238685

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238685	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7F85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 134, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.087 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa9a8',
    500: '#238685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238685;
$custom-light: #6fa9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.394,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56565,
    "c": 0.08716,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.19101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238685

secondary

#B54F50

accent

#4648E2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238685

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

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