#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
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -30.40, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 30.86, 189.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0916 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.093 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8080, 21.4791, 26.6532)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##238E88	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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