#238E83#238E83

#238E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E83
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -31.87, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 31.98, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.094 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.094 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.4609, 21.3403, 24.8253)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E83 #8E232E

analogous

#238E4E #238E83 #23638E

triadic

#238E83 #83238E #8E8323

tetradic

#238E83 #4E238E #8E232E #638E23

square

#238E83 #4E238E #8E232E #638E23

split-complementary

#238E83 #8E2363 #8E4E23

monochromatic

#0B2C28 #175D56 #238E83 #2FBFB0 #56D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#238E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#238E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E83

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E83	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#878683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa7',
    500: '#238e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e83;
$custom-light: #70afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.832,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58592,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E83

secondary

#B9535E

accent

#4455E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E83

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

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