#238D8A#238D8A

#238D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.092 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D8A
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -29.31, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 30.11, 193.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0896 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.092 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8033, 21.2403, 27.3594)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D8A #8D2326

analogous

#238D55 #238D8A #235B8D

triadic

#238D8A #8A238D #8D8A23

tetradic

#238D8A #55238D #8D2326 #5B8D23

square

#238D8A #55238D #8D2326 #5B8D23

split-complementary

#238D8A #8D235B #8D5523

monochromatic

#0B2B2A #175C5A #238D8A #2FBEBA #55D5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#238D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#238D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D8A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D8A	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.092 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afac',
    500: '#238d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d8a;
$custom-light: #71afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58575,
    "c": 0.09163,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D8A

secondary

#B95356

accent

#4449E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D8A

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

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