#238B82#238B82

#238B82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.092 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B82
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 130)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -30.73, -3.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 30.94, 186.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0913 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.092 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9531, 20.4326, 24.3233)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B82 #8B232C

analogous

#238B4E #238B82 #23608B

triadic

#238B82 #82238B #8B8223

tetradic

#238B82 #4E238B #8B232C #608B23

square

#238B82 #4E238B #8B232C #608B23

split-complementary

#238B82 #8B2360 #8B4E23

monochromatic

#0A2927 #175A54 #238B82 #2FBCB0 #54D4C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#238B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#238B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B82

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B82	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.092 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada6',
    500: '#238b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b82;
$custom-light: #70ada6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5777,
    "c": 0.09185,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B82

secondary

#B8525B

accent

#4553E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B82

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

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