#238A88#238A88

#238A88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.090 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A88
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, -28.45, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 29.36, 194.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0874 -0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.09 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.2235, 20.3101, 26.4584)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A88 #8A2325

analogous

#238A55 #238A88 #23598A

triadic

#238A88 #88238A #8A8823

tetradic

#238A88 #55238A #8A2325 #598A23

square

#238A88 #55238A #8A2325 #598A23

split-complementary

#238A88 #8A2359 #8A5523

monochromatic

#0A2828 #175958 #238A88 #2FBBB8 #54D4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#238A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#238A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A88

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A88	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)

#818388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.090 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acaa',
    500: '#238a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a88;
$custom-light: #70acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.835,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5772,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A88

secondary

#B75153

accent

#4548E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A88

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

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