#238B80#238B80

#238B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B80
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 128)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -31.32, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 31.41, 184.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% -0.0922 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.093 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8202, 20.3794, 23.6231)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B80 #8B232E

analogous

#238B4C #238B80 #23628B

triadic

#238B80 #80238B #8B8023

tetradic

#238B80 #4C238B #8B232E #628B23

square

#238B80 #4C238B #8B232E #628B23

split-complementary

#238B80 #8B2362 #8B4C23

monochromatic

#0A2926 #175A53 #238B80 #2FBCAD #54D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#238B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#238B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B80

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B80	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	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)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada4',
    500: '#238b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b80;
$custom-light: #70ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57702,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B80

secondary

#B8525D

accent

#4556E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B80

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

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