#238B8E#238B8E

#238B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B8E
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, -27.09, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 28.86, 200.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0857 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.09 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8060, 20.7738, 28.8153)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B8E #8E2623

analogous

#238E5B #238B8E #23568E

triadic

#238B8E #8E238B #8B8E23

tetradic

#238B8E #5B238E #8E2623 #568E23

square

#238B8E #5B238E #8E2623 #568E23

split-complementary

#238B8E #8E2356 #8E5B23

monochromatic

#0B2B2C #175B5D #238B8E #2FBBBF #56D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B8E

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B8E	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adaf',
    500: '#238b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b8e;
$custom-light: #71adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.682,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58203,
    "c": 0.09002,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B8E

secondary

#B95653

accent

#4944E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B8E

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

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