#238D82#238D82

#238D82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.094 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D82
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 130)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 7.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, -31.69, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 31.79, 184.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% -0.0934 -0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.094 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2453, 21.0171, 24.4207)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D82 #8D232E

analogous

#238D4D #238D82 #23638D

triadic

#238D82 #82238D #8D8223

tetradic

#238D82 #4D238D #8D232E #638D23

square

#238D82 #4D238D #8D232E #638D23

split-complementary

#238D82 #8D2363 #8D4D23

monochromatic

#0B2B28 #175C55 #238D82 #2FBEAF #55D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238D82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D82

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D82	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)

#868582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.094 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa6',
    500: '#238d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d82;
$custom-light: #70afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.774,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58296,
    "c": 0.0937,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D82

secondary

#B9535D

accent

#4455E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D82

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

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