#238B8D#238B8D

#238B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B8D
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -27.40, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 28.98, 198.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0861 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.09 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7313, 20.7439, 28.4217)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B8D #8D2523

analogous

#238D5A #238B8D #23568D

triadic

#238B8D #8D238B #8B8D23

tetradic

#238B8D #5A238D #8D2523 #568D23

square

#238B8D #5A238D #8D2523 #568D23

split-complementary

#238B8D #8D2356 #8D5A23

monochromatic

#0B2A2B #175B5C #238B8D #2FBBBE #55D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#238B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B8D

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B8D	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adae',
    500: '#238b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b8d;
$custom-light: #71adae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.132,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58165,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B8D

secondary

#B95553

accent

#4744E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B8D

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

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