#238D8D#238D8D

#238D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D8D
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -28.39, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 29.63, 196.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0882 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.091 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.0235, 21.3283, 28.5191)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D8D #8D2323

analogous

#238D58 #238D8D #23588D

triadic

#238D8D #8D238D #8D8D23

tetradic

#238D8D #58238D #8D2323 #588D23

square

#238D8D #58238D #8D2323 #588D23

split-complementary

#238D8D #8D2358 #8D5823

monochromatic

#0B2B2B #175C5C #238D8D #2FBEBE #55D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#238D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#238D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D8D

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D8D	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afae',
    500: '#238d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d8d;
$custom-light: #71afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58684,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.2133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D8D

secondary

#B95353

accent

#4444E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D8D

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

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