#238B86#238B86

#238B86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.091 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B86
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -29.54, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 30.09, 190.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0894 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.091 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2268, 20.5421, 25.7648)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B86 #8B2328

analogous

#238B52 #238B86 #235C8B

triadic

#238B86 #86238B #8B8623

tetradic

#238B86 #52238B #8B2328 #5C8B23

square

#238B86 #52238B #8B2328 #5C8B23

split-complementary

#238B86 #8B235C #8B5223

monochromatic

#0A2928 #175A57 #238B86 #2FBCB5 #54D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#238B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#238B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B86

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B86	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.091 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada9',
    500: '#238b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b86;
$custom-light: #70ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.115,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5791,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B86

secondary

#B85257

accent

#454CE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B86

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

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