#238D80#238D80

#238D80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.094 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D80
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 128)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -32.26, -1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 32.30, 182.72°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0944 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.094 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1124, 20.9639, 23.7206)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D80 #8D2330

analogous

#238D4B #238D80 #23658D

triadic

#238D80 #80238D #8D8023

tetradic

#238D80 #4B238D #8D2330 #658D23

square

#238D80 #4B238D #8D2330 #658D23

split-complementary

#238D80 #8D2365 #8D4B23

monochromatic

#0B2B27 #175C53 #238D80 #2FBEAD #55D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#238D80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D80

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D80	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	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)

#868580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.094 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa4',
    500: '#238d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d80;
$custom-light: #70afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.642,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58229,
    "c": 0.09447,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D80

secondary

#B9535F

accent

#4458E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D80

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

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