#238C81#238C81

#238C81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238C81
RGBrgb(35, 140, 129)
HSLhsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(174, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.62, -31.50, -2.54)
CIE-LCHlch(52.62, 31.60, 184.62°)
OKLaboklab(58% -0.0928 -0.0074)
OKLCHoklch(58% 0.093 184.5)
XYZxyz(14.0318, 20.6968, 24.0200)
Luminance0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238C81 #8C232E
analogous
#238C4D #238C81 #23638C
triadic
#238C81 #81238C #8C8123
tetradic
#238C81 #4D238C #8C232E #638C23
square
#238C81 #4D238C #8C232E #638C23
split-complementary
#238C81 #8C2363 #8C4D23
monochromatic
#0B2A27 #175B54 #238C81 #2FBDAE #55D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09
#238C81 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14
#238C81 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C81
5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238C81#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238C811.004.095.145.14
#FFFFFF4.091.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1421.001.001.00
##0000005.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#858481
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#767982
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008F88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 184.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea5',
    500: '#238c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238c81;
$custom-light: #70aea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57999,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238C81
secondary
#B8525D
accent
#4555E3
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#09100F
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

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#238C81 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva