#238A82#238A82

#238A82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.091 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A82
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, -30.25, -4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 30.52, 187.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0902 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.091 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8090, 20.1443, 24.2752)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A82 #8A232B

analogous

#238A4F #238A82 #235F8A

triadic

#238A82 #82238A #8A8223

tetradic

#238A82 #4F238A #8A232B #5F8A23

square

#238A82 #4F238A #8A232B #5F8A23

split-complementary

#238A82 #8A235F #8A4F23

monochromatic

#0A2826 #175954 #238A82 #2FBBB0 #54D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#238A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A82

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A82	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.091 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca6',
    500: '#238a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a82;
$custom-light: #70aca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.34,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57507,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A82

secondary

#B75159

accent

#4551E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A82

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

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