#238D87#238D87

#238D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D87
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 4.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -30.21, -5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 30.67, 189.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.091 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.092 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.5891, 21.1546, 26.2313)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D87 #8D2329

analogous

#238D52 #238D87 #235E8D

triadic

#238D87 #87238D #8D8723

tetradic

#238D87 #52238D #8D2329 #5E8D23

square

#238D87 #52238D #8D2329 #5E8D23

split-complementary

#238D87 #8D235E #8D5223

monochromatic

#0B2B29 #175C58 #238D87 #2FBEB6 #55D5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#238D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D87

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D87	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#858587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa9',
    500: '#238d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d87;
$custom-light: #70afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58468,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D87

secondary

#B95359

accent

#444DE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D87

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

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