#238A8B#238A8B

#238A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.089 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A8B
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -27.53, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 28.91, 197.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.086 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.089 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4397, 20.3966, 27.5970)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A8B #8B2423

analogous

#238B58 #238A8B #23568B

triadic

#238A8B #8B238A #8A8B23

tetradic

#238A8B #58238B #8B2423 #568B23

square

#238A8B #58238B #8B2423 #568B23

split-complementary

#238A8B #8B2356 #8B5823

monochromatic

#0A2929 #17595A #238A8B #2FBBBC #54D3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#238A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#238A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A8B

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A8B	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.089 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acac',
    500: '#238a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a8b;
$custom-light: #70acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.577,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57831,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A8B

secondary

#B85352

accent

#4645E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A8B

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

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