#238C8D#238C8D

#238C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.091 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C8D
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -27.90, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 29.30, 197.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0872 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.091 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.8767, 21.0348, 28.4702)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C8D #8D2423

analogous

#238D59 #238C8D #23578D

triadic

#238C8D #8D238C #8C8D23

tetradic

#238C8D #59238D #8D2423 #578D23

square

#238C8D #59238D #8D2423 #578D23

split-complementary

#238C8D #8D2357 #8D5923

monochromatic

#0B2B2B #175B5C #238C8D #2FBDBE #55D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#238C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C8D

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C8D	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.091 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeae',
    500: '#238c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c8d;
$custom-light: #71aeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.566,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58425,
    "c": 0.09064,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C8D

secondary

#B95453

accent

#4644E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C8D

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

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