#238B88#238B88

#238B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.090 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B88
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -28.94, -6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 29.72, 193.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% -0.0884 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.09 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.3676, 20.5984, 26.5064)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B88 #8B2326

analogous

#238B54 #238B88 #235A8B

triadic

#238B88 #88238B #8B8823

tetradic

#238B88 #54238B #8B2326 #5A8B23

square

#238B88 #54238B #8B2326 #5A8B23

split-complementary

#238B88 #8B235A #8B5423

monochromatic

#0A2928 #175A58 #238B88 #2FBCB8 #54D4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#238B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#238B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B88

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B88	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.090 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adaa',
    500: '#238b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b88;
$custom-light: #70adaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.269,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57981,
    "c": 0.09043,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B88

secondary

#B85255

accent

#4549E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B88

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

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