#238C87#238C87

#238C87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.091 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C87
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -29.73, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 30.28, 190.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.09 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.091 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4423, 20.8610, 26.1824)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C87 #8C2328

analogous

#238C53 #238C87 #235D8C

triadic

#238C87 #87238C #8C8723

tetradic

#238C87 #53238C #8C2328 #5D8C23

square

#238C87 #53238C #8C2328 #5D8C23

split-complementary

#238C87 #8C235D #8C5323

monochromatic

#0B2A29 #175B58 #238C87 #2FBDB6 #55D4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C87

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C87	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)

#848487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.091 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea9',
    500: '#238c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c87;
$custom-light: #70aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58207,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C87

secondary

#B85257

accent

#454CE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C87

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

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