#238D88#238D88

#238D88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D88
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -29.91, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 30.47, 190.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0905 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.092 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6599, 21.1829, 26.6039)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D88 #8D2328

analogous

#238D53 #238D88 #235D8D

triadic

#238D88 #88238D #8D8823

tetradic

#238D88 #53238D #8D2328 #5D8D23

square

#238D88 #53238D #8D2328 #5D8D23

split-complementary

#238D88 #8D235D #8D5323

monochromatic

#0B2B29 #175C59 #238D88 #2FBEB7 #55D5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#238D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D88

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D88	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaa',
    500: '#238d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d88;
$custom-light: #71afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.17,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58503,
    "c": 0.09199,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D88

secondary

#B95358

accent

#444CE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D88

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

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