#238D89#238D89

#238D89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.092 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D89
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -29.61, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 30.28, 192.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.0901 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.092 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7313, 21.2114, 26.9799)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D89 #8D2327

analogous

#238D54 #238D89 #235C8D

triadic

#238D89 #89238D #8D8923

tetradic

#238D89 #54238D #8D2327 #5C8D23

square

#238D89 #54238D #8D2327 #5C8D23

split-complementary

#238D89 #8D235C #8D5423

monochromatic

#0B2B2A #175C59 #238D89 #2FBEB9 #55D5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#238D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D89

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D89	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)

#848589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.092 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afab',
    500: '#238d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d89;
$custom-light: #71afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.736,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58539,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D89

secondary

#B95357

accent

#444AE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D89

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

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