#238C83#238C83

#238C83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.092 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C83
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 131)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 6.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.68, -30.92, -3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.68, 31.13, 186.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0919 -0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.092 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1660, 20.7505, 24.7270)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C83 #8C232C

analogous

#238C4F #238C83 #23618C

triadic

#238C83 #83238C #8C8323

tetradic

#238C83 #4F238C #8C232C #618C23

square

#238C83 #4F238C #8C232C #618C23

split-complementary

#238C83 #8C2361 #8C4F23

monochromatic

#0B2A27 #175B55 #238C83 #2FBDB1 #55D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#238C83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C83

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C83	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)

#848483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.092 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea7',
    500: '#238c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c83;
$custom-light: #70aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58067,
    "c": 0.09243,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C83

secondary

#B8525B

accent

#4552E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C83

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

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