#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
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -32.16, -2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 32.23, 183.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0944 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.095 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3935, 21.3133, 24.4701)
Luminance	0.2132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##238E82	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E82

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

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