#238D86#238D86

#238D86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.092 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D86
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, -30.51, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 30.88, 188.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0915 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.092 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5191, 21.1266, 25.8623)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D86 #8D232A

analogous

#238D51 #238D86 #235F8D

triadic

#238D86 #86238D #8D8623

tetradic

#238D86 #51238D #8D232A #5F8D23

square

#238D86 #51238D #8D232A #5F8D23

split-complementary

#238D86 #8D235F #8D5123

monochromatic

#0B2B29 #175C57 #238D86 #2FBEB5 #55D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#238D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#238D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D86

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D86	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.092 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#238d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d86;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.038,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58433,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D86

secondary

#B9535A

accent

#444FE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D86

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

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