#238B8F#238B8F

#238B8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B8F
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -26.78, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 28.76, 201.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0852 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.09 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8814, 20.8039, 29.2125)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B8F #8F2723

analogous

#238F5D #238B8F #23558F

triadic

#238B8F #8F238B #8B8F23

tetradic

#238B8F #5D238F #8F2723 #558F23

square

#238B8F #5D238F #8F2723 #558F23

split-complementary

#238B8F #8F2355 #8F5D23

monochromatic

#0B2B2D #175B5E #238B8F #2FBBC0 #57D1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B8F

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B8F	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)

#81848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adaf',
    500: '#238b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b8f;
$custom-light: #71adaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58241,
    "c": 0.09005,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B8F

secondary

#BA5854

accent

#4A44E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B8F

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

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