#238B87#238B87

#238B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.091 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B87
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -29.24, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 29.90, 192.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0889 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.091 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2969, 20.5701, 26.1339)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B87 #8B2327

analogous

#238B53 #238B87 #235B8B

triadic

#238B87 #87238B #8B8723

tetradic

#238B87 #53238B #8B2327 #5B8B23

square

#238B87 #53238B #8B2327 #5B8B23

split-complementary

#238B87 #8B235B #8B5323

monochromatic

#0A2928 #175A58 #238B87 #2FBCB6 #54D4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#238B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#238B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B87

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B87	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)

#828487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.091 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada9',
    500: '#238b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b87;
$custom-light: #70ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57945,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B87

secondary

#B85256

accent

#454BE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B87

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

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