#238A8E#238A8E

#238A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A8E
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -26.59, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 28.57, 201.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0846 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.089 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6619, 20.4855, 28.7673)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A8E #8E2723

analogous

#238E5D #238A8E #23558E

triadic

#238A8E #8E238A #8A8E23

tetradic

#238A8E #5D238E #8E2723 #558E23

square

#238A8E #5D238E #8E2723 #558E23

split-complementary

#238A8E #8E2355 #8E5D23

monochromatic

#0B2B2C #175A5D #238A8E #2FBABF #56D1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#238A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A8E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A8E	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70788F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acaf',
    500: '#238a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a8e;
$custom-light: #71acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.243,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57944,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A8E

secondary

#B95753

accent

#4A44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A8E

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

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