#238B8A#238B8A

#238B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.090 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B8A
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -28.33, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 29.39, 195.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0875 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.09 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.5111, 20.6558, 27.2620)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B8A #8B2324

analogous

#238B56 #238B8A #23588B

triadic

#238B8A #8A238B #8B8A23

tetradic

#238B8A #56238B #8B2324 #588B23

square

#238B8A #56238B #8B2324 #588B23

split-complementary

#238B8A #8B2358 #8B5623

monochromatic

#0A2929 #175A59 #238B8A #2FBCBB #54D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#238B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#238B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B8A

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B8A	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.090 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adac',
    500: '#238b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b8a;
$custom-light: #70adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.423,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58054,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B8A

secondary

#B85253

accent

#4546E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B8A

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

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