#238D8B#238D8B

#238D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.091 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D8B
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -29.01, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 29.94, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0891 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.091 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.8761, 21.2694, 27.7425)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D8B #8D2325

analogous

#238D56 #238D8B #235A8D

triadic

#238D8B #8B238D #8D8B23

tetradic

#238D8B #56238D #8D2325 #5A8D23

square

#238D8B #56238D #8D2325 #5A8D23

split-complementary

#238D8B #8D235A #8D5623

monochromatic

#0B2B2A #175C5B #238D8B #2FBEBB #55D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#238D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#238D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D8B

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D8B	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)

#84868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.091 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afac',
    500: '#238d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d8b;
$custom-light: #71afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.868,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58611,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D8B

secondary

#B95355

accent

#4447E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D8B

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

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