#238D83#238D83

#238D83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.093 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D83
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 131)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -31.39, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 31.55, 185.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0929 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.093 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3128, 21.0441, 24.7759)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D83 #8D232D

analogous

#238D4E #238D83 #23628D

triadic

#238D83 #83238D #8D8323

tetradic

#238D83 #4E238D #8D232D #628D23

square

#238D83 #4E238D #8D232D #628D23

split-complementary

#238D83 #8D2362 #8D4E23

monochromatic

#0B2B28 #175C55 #238D83 #2FBEB1 #55D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#238D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D83

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D83	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)

#858583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.093 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa7',
    500: '#238d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d83;
$custom-light: #70afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.34,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5833,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D83

secondary

#B9535C

accent

#4453E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D83

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

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