#238C86#238C86

#238C86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.092 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C86
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -30.03, -5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 30.48, 189.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0904 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.092 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.3723, 20.8330, 25.8133)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C86 #8C2329

analogous

#238C51 #238C86 #235E8C

triadic

#238C86 #86238C #8C8623

tetradic

#238C86 #51238C #8C2329 #5E8C23

square

#238C86 #51238C #8C2329 #5E8C23

split-complementary

#238C86 #8C235E #8C5123

monochromatic

#0B2A28 #175B57 #238C86 #2FBDB5 #55D4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C86

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C86	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.092 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea9',
    500: '#238c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c86;
$custom-light: #70aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58171,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C86

secondary

#B85258

accent

#454EE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C86

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

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