#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
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 129)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 7.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.62, -31.50, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.62, 31.60, 184.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0928 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.093 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0318, 20.6968, 24.0200)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##238C81	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)

#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

Preview with #238C81

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

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