#238A83#238A83

#238A83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.091 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A83
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 131)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, -29.96, -4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 30.30, 188.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0898 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.091 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8764, 20.1713, 24.6304)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A83 #8A232A

analogous

#238A50 #238A83 #235E8A

triadic

#238A83 #83238A #8A8323

tetradic

#238A83 #50238A #8A232A #5E8A23

square

#238A83 #50238A #8A232A #5E8A23

split-complementary

#238A83 #8A235E #8A5023

monochromatic

#0A2826 #175955 #238A83 #2FBBB1 #54D4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#238A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238A83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A83

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A83	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#828283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.091 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca7',
    500: '#238a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a83;
$custom-light: #70aca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.922,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57542,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A83

secondary

#B75158

accent

#4550E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A83

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

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