#238E82#238E82

#238E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238E82
RGBrgb(35, 142, 130)
HSLhsl(173, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(173, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.29, -32.16, -2.13)
CIE-LCHlch(53.29, 32.23, 183.79°)
OKLaboklab(58.56% -0.0944 -0.0063)
OKLCHoklch(58.56% 0.095 183.8)
XYZxyz(14.3935, 21.3133, 24.4701)
Luminance0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238E82 #8E232F
analogous
#238E4D #238E82 #23658E
triadic
#238E82 #82238E #8E8223
tetradic
#238E82 #4D238E #8E232F #658E23
square
#238E82 #4D238E #8E232F #658E23
split-complementary
#238E82 #8E2365 #8E4D23
monochromatic
#0B2C28 #175D55 #238E82 #2FBFAF #56D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99
#238E82 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26
#238E82 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E82
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238E82#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238E821.003.995.265.26
#FFFFFF3.991.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2621.001.001.00
##0000005.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#878682
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#787B83
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00918A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 183.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa6',
    500: '#238e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238e82;
$custom-light: #70afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.271,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58559,
    "c": 0.09465,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238E82
secondary
#B9535F
accent
#4456E4
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF5F4
border
#C8CFCE
text
#09100F
muted
#7B7F7F

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#238E82 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva