#238C8B#238C8B

#238C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.091 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C8B
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, -28.52, -7.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 29.59, 195.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0881 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.091 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.7293, 20.9758, 27.6935)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C8B #8C2324

analogous

#238C57 #238C8B #23588C

triadic

#238C8B #8B238C #8C8B23

tetradic

#238C8B #57238C #8C2324 #588C23

square

#238C8B #57238C #8C2324 #588C23

split-complementary

#238C8B #8C2358 #8C5723

monochromatic

#0B2A2A #175B5A #238C8B #2FBDBC #55D4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C8B

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C8B	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.091 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeac',
    500: '#238c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c8b;
$custom-light: #71aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58351,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.20978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C8B

secondary

#B85253

accent

#4546E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C8B

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

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