#238E80#238E80

#238E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E80
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -32.73, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 32.75, 181.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0954 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.095 182)
XYZ	xyz(14.2605, 21.2601, 23.7699)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E80 #8E2331

analogous

#238E4B #238E80 #23668E

triadic

#238E80 #80238E #8E8023

tetradic

#238E80 #4B238E #8E2331 #668E23

square

#238E80 #4B238E #8E2331 #668E23

split-complementary

#238E80 #8E2366 #8E4B23

monochromatic

#0B2C27 #175D54 #238E80 #2FBFAC #56D5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#238E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#238E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E80

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E80	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)

#87857F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa4',
    500: '#238e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e80;
$custom-light: #70afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.15,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58493,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.21262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E80

secondary

#B95361

accent

#4459E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E80

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

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