#238E88#238E88

#238E88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.093 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238E88
RGBrgb(35, 142, 136)
HSLhsl(177, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(177, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.47, -30.40, -5.33)
CIE-LCHlch(53.47, 30.86, 189.95°)
OKLaboklab(58.76% -0.0916 -0.015)
OKLCHoklch(58.76% 0.093 189.3)
XYZxyz(14.8080, 21.4791, 26.6532)
Luminance0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238E88 #8E2329
analogous
#238E53 #238E88 #235E8E
triadic
#238E88 #88238E #8E8823
tetradic
#238E88 #53238E #8E2329 #5E8E23
square
#238E88 #53238E #8E2329 #5E8E23
split-complementary
#238E88 #8E235E #8E5323
monochromatic
#0B2C2A #175D59 #238E88 #2FBFB7 #56D5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97
#238E88 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30
#238E88 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E88
5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238E88#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238E881.003.975.305.30
#FFFFFF3.971.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3021.001.001.00
##0000005.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#868688
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#777B89
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00928C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.093 189.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaa',
    500: '#238e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238e88;
$custom-light: #71afaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.636,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58764,
    "c": 0.09279,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238E88
secondary
#B95359
accent
#444DE4
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E88

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#238E88 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva