#238A8A#238A8A

#238A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.089 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A8A
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, -27.84, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 29.05, 196.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.0865 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.09 195)
XYZ	xyz(14.3670, 20.3675, 27.2140)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A8A #8A2323

analogous

#238A57 #238A8A #23578A

triadic

#238A8A #8A238A #8A8A23

tetradic

#238A8A #57238A #8A2323 #578A23

square

#238A8A #57238A #8A2323 #578A23

split-complementary

#238A8A #8A2357 #8A5723

monochromatic

#0A2828 #175959 #238A8A #2FBBBB #54D4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#238A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#238A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A8A

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A8A	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)

#81838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.089 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acac',
    500: '#238a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a8a;
$custom-light: #70acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57794,
    "c": 0.0895,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.20369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A8A

secondary

#B75151

accent

#4545E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A8A

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

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