#238C85#238C85

#238C85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.092 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C85
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 5%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -30.33, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 30.68, 188.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0909 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.092 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3029, 20.8052, 25.4478)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C85 #8C232A

analogous

#238C51 #238C85 #235F8C

triadic

#238C85 #85238C #8C8523

tetradic

#238C85 #51238C #8C232A #5F8C23

square

#238C85 #51238C #8C232A #5F8C23

split-complementary

#238C85 #8C235F #8C5123

monochromatic

#0B2A28 #175B56 #238C85 #2FBDB4 #55D4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C85

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C85	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)

#848485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.092 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea8',
    500: '#238c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c85;
$custom-light: #70aea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58136,
    "c": 0.09186,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C85

secondary

#B85259

accent

#454FE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C85

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

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