#238983#238983

#238983 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.090 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238983
RGB	rgb(35, 137, 131)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, -29.47, -5.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 29.90, 189.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.0887 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.09 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7336, 19.8857, 24.5828)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238983 #892329

analogous

#238950 #238983 #235C89

triadic

#238983 #832389 #898323

tetradic

#238983 #502389 #892329 #5C8923

square

#238983 #502389 #892329 #5C8923

split-complementary

#238983 #89235C #895023

monochromatic

#0A2826 #175854 #238983 #2FBAB2 #53D3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#238983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#238983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238983

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238983	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 137, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.090 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faca7',
    500: '#238983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238983;
$custom-light: #6faca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5728,
    "c": 0.08982,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238983

secondary

#B75157

accent

#454FE2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238983

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

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