#238C8E#238C8E

#238C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C8E
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -27.59, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 29.17, 198.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0867 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.091 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9515, 21.0647, 28.8638)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C8E #8E2523

analogous

#238E5A #238C8E #23578E

triadic

#238C8E #8E238C #8C8E23

tetradic

#238C8E #5A238E #8E2523 #578E23

square

#238C8E #5A238E #8E2523 #578E23

split-complementary

#238C8E #8E2357 #8E5A23

monochromatic

#0B2B2C #175C5D #238C8E #2FBCBF #56D3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#238C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C8E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C8E	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)

#82858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeaf',
    500: '#238c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c8e;
$custom-light: #71aeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.121,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58462,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C8E

secondary

#B95553

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C8E

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

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