#238D8F#238D8F

#238D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D8F
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -27.78, -9.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 29.37, 198.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0873 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.091 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1737, 21.3884, 29.3099)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D8F #8F2523

analogous

#238F5B #238D8F #23578F

triadic

#238D8F #8F238D #8D8F23

tetradic

#238D8F #5B238F #8F2523 #578F23

square

#238D8F #5B238F #8F2523 #578F23

split-complementary

#238D8F #8F2357 #8F5B23

monochromatic

#0B2C2D #175D5E #238D8F #2FBDC0 #57D3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#238D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D8F

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D8F	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#238d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d8f;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58758,
    "c": 0.09121,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D8F

secondary

#BA5654

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D8F

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

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