#238A8D#238A8D

#238A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A8D
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, -26.91, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 28.67, 200.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0851 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.089 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5872, 20.4556, 28.3737)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A8D #8D2623

analogous

#238D5B #238A8D #23558D

triadic

#238A8D #8D238A #8A8D23

tetradic

#238A8D #5B238D #8D2623 #558D23

square

#238A8D #5B238D #8D2623 #558D23

split-complementary

#238A8D #8D2355 #8D5B23

monochromatic

#0B2A2B #175A5C #238A8D #2FBABE #55D1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#238A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A8D

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A8D	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acae',
    500: '#238a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a8d;
$custom-light: #71acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.698,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57906,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A8D

secondary

#B95653

accent

#4944E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A8D

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

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