#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
RGBrgb(35, 139, 128)
HSLhsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(174, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(74.8%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.26, -31.32, -2.48)
CIE-LCHlch(52.26, 31.41, 184.53°)
OKLaboklab(57.7% -0.0922 -0.0072)
OKLCHoklch(57.7% 0.093 184.5)
XYZxyz(13.8202, 20.3794, 23.6231)
Luminance0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##238B801.004.145.085.08
#FFFFFF4.141.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0821.001.001.00
##0000005.0821.001.001.00

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

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#238B80 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva