#238B84#238B84

#238B84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.091 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B84
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 132)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -30.14, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 30.49, 188.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.0903 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.091 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0886, 20.4868, 25.0371)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B84 #8B232A

analogous

#238B50 #238B84 #235E8B

triadic

#238B84 #84238B #8B8423

tetradic

#238B84 #50238B #8B232A #5E8B23

square

#238B84 #50238B #8B232A #5E8B23

split-complementary

#238B84 #8B235E #8B5023

monochromatic

#0A2927 #175A56 #238B84 #2FBCB2 #54D4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#238B84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B84

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B84	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.091 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada7',
    500: '#238b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b84;
$custom-light: #70ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57839,
    "c": 0.09126,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B84

secondary

#B85259

accent

#4550E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B84

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

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