#238E85#238E85

#238E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.094 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E85
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -31.28, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 31.51, 186.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.093 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.094 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.5978, 21.3950, 25.5461)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E85 #8E232C

analogous

#238E4F #238E85 #23628E

triadic

#238E85 #85238E #8E8523

tetradic

#238E85 #4F238E #8E232C #628E23

square

#238E85 #4F238E #8E232C #628E23

split-complementary

#238E85 #8E2362 #8E4F23

monochromatic

#0B2C29 #175D57 #238E85 #2FBFB3 #56D5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#238E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E85

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E85	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.094 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa8',
    500: '#238e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e85;
$custom-light: #70afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.953,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5866,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E85

secondary

#B9535C

accent

#4452E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E85

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

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