#238E86#238E86

#238E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E86
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, -30.99, -4.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 31.28, 187.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0925 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.093 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.6672, 21.4228, 25.9116)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E86 #8E232B

analogous

#238E51 #238E86 #23618E

triadic

#238E86 #86238E #8E8623

tetradic

#238E86 #51238E #8E232B #618E23

square

#238E86 #51238E #8E232B #618E23

split-complementary

#238E86 #8E2361 #8E5123

monochromatic

#0B2C29 #175D58 #238E86 #2FBFB4 #56D5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#238E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#238E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E86

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E86	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#868686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa9',
    500: '#238e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e86;
$custom-light: #71afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.514,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58695,
    "c": 0.09331,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E86

secondary

#B9535B

accent

#4450E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E86

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

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