#238A8F#238A8F

#238A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A8F
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -26.28, -10.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 28.47, 202.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0842 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.09 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7373, 20.5157, 29.1645)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A8F #8F2823

analogous

#238F5E #238A8F #23548F

triadic

#238A8F #8F238A #8A8F23

tetradic

#238A8F #5E238F #8F2823 #548F23

square

#238A8F #5E238F #8F2823 #548F23

split-complementary

#238A8F #8F2354 #8F5E23

monochromatic

#0B2B2D #175B5E #238A8F #2FB9C0 #57D0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#238A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#238A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A8F

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A8F	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#7F848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acaf',
    500: '#238a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a8f;
$custom-light: #71acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57982,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A8F

secondary

#BA5954

accent

#4B44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A8F

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

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