#238C84#238C84

#238C84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.092 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C84
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 132)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 5.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -30.62, -4.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 30.90, 187.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0914 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.092 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2341, 20.7777, 25.0856)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C84 #8C232B

analogous

#238C50 #238C84 #23608C

triadic

#238C84 #84238C #8C8423

tetradic

#238C84 #50238C #8C232B #608C23

square

#238C84 #50238C #8C232B #608C23

split-complementary

#238C84 #8C2360 #8C5023

monochromatic

#0B2A28 #175B56 #238C84 #2FBDB2 #55D4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238C84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C84

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C84	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)

#848484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.092 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea7',
    500: '#238c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c84;
$custom-light: #70aea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58102,
    "c": 0.09214,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C84

secondary

#B8525A

accent

#4551E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C84

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

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