#238E84#238E84

#238E84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E84
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 132)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -31.58, -3.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 31.74, 185.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% -0.0935 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.094 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5290, 21.3675, 25.1839)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E84 #8E232D

analogous

#238E4F #238E84 #23628E

triadic

#238E84 #84238E #8E8423

tetradic

#238E84 #4F238E #8E232D #628E23

square

#238E84 #4F238E #8E232D #628E23

split-complementary

#238E84 #8E2362 #8E4F23

monochromatic

#0B2C29 #175D56 #238E84 #2FBFB2 #56D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#238E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E84

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E84	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#868684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa7',
    500: '#238e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e84;
$custom-light: #70afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.393,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58626,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E84

secondary

#B9535D

accent

#4453E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E84

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

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