#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
RGBrgb(35, 139, 131)
HSLhsl(175, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(175, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(74.8%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.35, -30.44, -4.09)
CIE-LCHlch(52.35, 30.71, 187.66°)
OKLaboklab(57.8% -0.0908 -0.0116)
OKLCHoklch(57.8% 0.092 187.3)
XYZxyz(14.0205, 20.4596, 24.6785)
Luminance0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##238B831.004.125.095.09
#FFFFFF4.121.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0921.001.001.00
##0000005.0921.001.001.00

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

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#238B83 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva