#238C82#238C82

#238C82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C82
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 130)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 7.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -31.21, -3.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 31.36, 185.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0923 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.093 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0986, 20.7235, 24.3718)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C82 #8C232D

analogous

#238C4E #238C82 #23628C

triadic

#238C82 #82238C #8C8223

tetradic

#238C82 #4E238C #8C232D #628C23

square

#238C82 #4E238C #8C232D #628C23

split-complementary

#238C82 #8C2362 #8C4E23

monochromatic

#0B2A27 #175B55 #238C82 #2FBDAF #55D4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238C82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#238C82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C82

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C82	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)

#858482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea6',
    500: '#238c82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c82;
$custom-light: #70aea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58033,
    "c": 0.09276,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C82

secondary

#B8525C

accent

#4554E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C82

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →