#238D85#238D85

#238D85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.093 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D85
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 5.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -30.81, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 31.09, 187.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.092 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.093 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4496, 21.0988, 25.4967)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D85 #8D232B

analogous

#238D50 #238D85 #23608D

triadic

#238D85 #85238D #8D8523

tetradic

#238D85 #50238D #8D232B #608D23

square

#238D85 #50238D #8D232B #608D23

split-complementary

#238D85 #8D2360 #8D5023

monochromatic

#0B2B29 #175C57 #238D85 #2FBEB3 #55D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#238D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#238D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D85

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D85	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.093 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa8',
    500: '#238d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d85;
$custom-light: #70afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.472,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58398,
    "c": 0.09273,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D85

secondary

#B9535B

accent

#4450E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D85

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

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