#238B8B#238B8B

#238B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.090 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B8B
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 139)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, -28.02, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 29.24, 196.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.087 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.09 195)
XYZ	xyz(14.5838, 20.6849, 27.6451)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B8B #8B2323

analogous

#238B57 #238B8B #23578B

triadic

#238B8B #8B238B #8B8B23

tetradic

#238B8B #57238B #8B2323 #578B23

square

#238B8B #57238B #8B2323 #578B23

split-complementary

#238B8B #8B2357 #8B5723

monochromatic

#0A2929 #175A5A #238B8B #2FBCBC #54D4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#238B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#238B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B8B

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B8B	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.090 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adac',
    500: '#238b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b8b;
$custom-light: #71adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58091,
    "c": 0.09009,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.20687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B8B

secondary

#B85252

accent

#4545E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B8B

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

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