#238B81#238B81

#238B81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.092 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B81
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 129)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, -31.03, -3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 31.17, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0918 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.092 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8863, 20.4059, 23.9715)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B81 #8B232D

analogous

#238B4D #238B81 #23618B

triadic

#238B81 #81238B #8B8123

tetradic

#238B81 #4D238B #8B232D #618B23

square

#238B81 #4D238B #8B232D #618B23

split-complementary

#238B81 #8B2361 #8B4D23

monochromatic

#0A2926 #175A54 #238B81 #2FBCAE #54D4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#238B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#238B81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B81

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B81	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	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)

#848381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.092 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada5',
    500: '#238b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b81;
$custom-light: #70ada5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.231,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57736,
    "c": 0.09218,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B81

secondary

#B8525C

accent

#4554E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B81

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

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