#238A85#238A85

#238A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.090 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A85
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -29.36, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 29.89, 190.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0888 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.09 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0133, 20.2261, 25.3512)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A85 #8A2328

analogous

#238A52 #238A85 #235C8A

triadic

#238A85 #85238A #8A8523

tetradic

#238A85 #52238A #8A2328 #5C8A23

square

#238A85 #52238A #8A2328 #5C8A23

split-complementary

#238A85 #8A235C #8A5223

monochromatic

#0A2827 #175956 #238A85 #2FBBB4 #54D4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A85

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A85	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.090 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca8',
    500: '#238a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a85;
$custom-light: #70aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.087,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57612,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A85

secondary

#B75156

accent

#454DE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A85

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

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