#238A80#238A80

#238A80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238A80
RGBrgb(35, 138, 128)
HSLhsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(174, 75%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(74.6%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(51.94, -30.84, -2.96)
CIE-LCHlch(51.94, 30.98, 185.48°)
OKLaboklab(57.44% -0.0912 -0.0085)
OKLCHoklch(57.44% 0.092 185.3)
XYZxyz(13.6760, 20.0912, 23.5751)
Luminance0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238A80 #8A232D
analogous
#238A4D #238A80 #23618A
triadic
#238A80 #80238A #8A8023
tetradic
#238A80 #4D238A #8A232D #618A23
square
#238A80 #4D238A #8A232D #618A23
split-complementary
#238A80 #8A2361 #8A4D23
monochromatic
#0A2825 #175953 #238A80 #2FBBAD #54D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18
#238A80 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02
#238A80 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A80
5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238A80#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238A801.004.185.025.02
#FFFFFF4.181.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0221.001.001.00
##0000005.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#838280
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#747781
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008D87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 185.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faca4',
    500: '#238a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238a80;
$custom-light: #6faca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.175,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57439,
    "c": 0.09159,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238A80
secondary
#B7515B
accent
#4554E3
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#08100F
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A80

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#238A80 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva