#238985#238985

#238985 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.089 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238985
RGB	rgb(35, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 2.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -28.87, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 29.51, 191.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.0878 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.089 191)
XYZ	xyz(13.8705, 19.9404, 25.3036)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238985 #892327

analogous

#238952 #238985 #235A89

triadic

#238985 #852389 #898523

tetradic

#238985 #522389 #892327 #5A8923

square

#238985 #522389 #892327 #5A8923

split-complementary

#238985 #89235A #895223

monochromatic

#0A2826 #175856 #238985 #2FBAB4 #53D3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#238985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#238985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238985

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238985	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.089 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca8',
    500: '#238985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238985;
$custom-light: #70aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57351,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.19942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238985

secondary

#B75155

accent

#454BE2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238985

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

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