#238A89#238A89

#238A89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.090 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A89
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, -28.14, -7.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 29.20, 195.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0869 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.09 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.2949, 20.3387, 26.8344)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A89 #8A2324

analogous

#238A56 #238A89 #23588A

triadic

#238A89 #89238A #8A8923

tetradic

#238A89 #56238A #8A2324 #588A23

square

#238A89 #56238A #8A2324 #588A23

split-complementary

#238A89 #8A2358 #8A5623

monochromatic

#0A2828 #175959 #238A89 #2FBBB9 #54D4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#238A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#238A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A89

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A89	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.090 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acab',
    500: '#238a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a89;
$custom-light: #70acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.417,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57757,
    "c": 0.08958,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.2034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A89

secondary

#B75152

accent

#4547E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A89

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

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