#238A87#238A87

#238A87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.090 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A87
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -28.75, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 29.53, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0879 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.09 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.1528, 20.2819, 26.0859)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A87 #8A2326

analogous

#238A54 #238A87 #235A8A

triadic

#238A87 #87238A #8A8723

tetradic

#238A87 #54238A #8A2326 #5A8A23

square

#238A87 #54238A #8A2326 #5A8A23

split-complementary

#238A87 #8A235A #8A5423

monochromatic

#0A2827 #175957 #238A87 #2FBBB7 #54D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#238A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#238A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A87

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A87	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.090 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aca9',
    500: '#238a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a87;
$custom-light: #70aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57684,
    "c": 0.08984,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A87

secondary

#B75154

accent

#454AE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A87

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

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