#238C8A#238C8A

#238C8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.091 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C8A
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -28.82, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 29.74, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0885 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.091 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.6565, 20.9467, 27.3105)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C8A #8C2325

analogous

#238C56 #238C8A #235A8C

triadic

#238C8A #8A238C #8C8A23

tetradic

#238C8A #56238C #8C2325 #5A8C23

square

#238C8A #56238C #8C2325 #5A8C23

split-complementary

#238C8A #8C235A #8C5623

monochromatic

#0B2A29 #175B5A #238C8A #2FBDBA #55D4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#238C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#238C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C8A

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C8A	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.091 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeac',
    500: '#238c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c8a;
$custom-light: #71aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58314,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C8A

secondary

#B85254

accent

#4548E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C8A

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

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