#238D81#238D81

#238D81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.094 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D81
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 129)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -31.98, -2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 32.04, 183.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% -0.0939 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.094 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1785, 20.9904, 24.0689)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D81 #8D232F

analogous

#238D4C #238D81 #23648D

triadic

#238D81 #81238D #8D8123

tetradic

#238D81 #4C238D #8D232F #648D23

square

#238D81 #4C238D #8D232F #648D23

split-complementary

#238D81 #8D2364 #8D4C23

monochromatic

#0B2B27 #175C54 #238D81 #2FBEAE #55D5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238D81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D81

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D81	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)

#868581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.094 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa5',
    500: '#238d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d81;
$custom-light: #70afa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.208,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58262,
    "c": 0.09408,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D81

secondary

#B9535E

accent

#4456E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D81

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

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