#238E87#238E87

#238E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E87
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -30.69, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 31.07, 188.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.0921 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.093 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7372, 21.4508, 26.2807)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E87 #8E232A

analogous

#238E52 #238E87 #235F8E

triadic

#238E87 #87238E #8E8723

tetradic

#238E87 #52238E #8E232A #5F8E23

square

#238E87 #52238E #8E232A #5F8E23

split-complementary

#238E87 #8E235F #8E5223

monochromatic

#0B2C2A #175D58 #238E87 #2FBFB6 #56D5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#238E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#238E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E87

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E87	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa9',
    500: '#238e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e87;
$custom-light: #71afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.075,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58729,
    "c": 0.09304,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E87

secondary

#B9535A

accent

#444FE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E87

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

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