#238B83#238B83

#238B83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.092 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B83
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 131)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, -30.44, -4.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 30.71, 187.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0908 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.092 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0205, 20.4596, 24.6785)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B83 #8B232B

analogous

#238B4F #238B83 #235F8B

triadic

#238B83 #83238B #8B8323

tetradic

#238B83 #4F238B #8B232B #5F8B23

square

#238B83 #4F238B #8B232B #5F8B23

split-complementary

#238B83 #8B235F #8B4F23

monochromatic

#0A2927 #175A55 #238B83 #2FBCB1 #54D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#238B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B83

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B83	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#838383

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.092 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada7',
    500: '#238b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b83;
$custom-light: #70ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57805,
    "c": 0.09154,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B83

secondary

#B8525A

accent

#4551E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B83

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

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