#238D8E#238D8E

#238D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D8E
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -28.09, -9.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 29.49, 197.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0877 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.091 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.0983, 21.3582, 28.9128)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D8E #8E2423

analogous

#238E5A #238D8E #23578E

triadic

#238D8E #8E238D #8D8E23

tetradic

#238D8E #5A238E #8E2423 #578E23

square

#238D8E #5A238E #8E2423 #578E23

split-complementary

#238D8E #8E2357 #8E5A23

monochromatic

#0B2B2C #175C5D #238D8E #2FBEBF #56D4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#238D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D8E

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D8E	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#238d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d8e;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58721,
    "c": 0.09124,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D8E

secondary

#B95453

accent

#4644E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D8E

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

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