#238C8C#238C8C

#238C8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.091 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C8C
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 140)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, -28.21, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 29.44, 196.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% -0.0876 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.091 195)
XYZ	xyz(14.8027, 21.0052, 28.0801)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C8C #8C2323

analogous

#238C58 #238C8C #23588C

triadic

#238C8C #8C238C #8C8C23

tetradic

#238C8C #58238C #8C2323 #588C23

square

#238C8C #58238C #8C2323 #588C23

split-complementary

#238C8C #8C2358 #8C5823

monochromatic

#0B2A2A #175B5B #238C8C #2FBDBD #55D4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C8C

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C8C	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)

#82858C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.091 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aead',
    500: '#238c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c8c;
$custom-light: #71aead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58387,
    "c": 0.09069,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.21007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C8C

secondary

#B85252

accent

#4545E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C8C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →