#238E8B#238E8B

#238E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E8B
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -29.49, -6.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 30.30, 193.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0902 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.092 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0242, 21.5656, 27.7918)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E8B #8E2326

analogous

#238E56 #238E8B #235B8E

triadic

#238E8B #8B238E #8E8B23

tetradic

#238E8B #56238E #8E2326 #5B8E23

square

#238E8B #56238E #8E2326 #5B8E23

split-complementary

#238E8B #8E235B #8E5623

monochromatic

#0B2C2B #175D5B #238E8B #2FBFBB #56D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#238E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#238E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E8B

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E8B	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afac',
    500: '#238e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e8b;
$custom-light: #71afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.318,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58871,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E8B

secondary

#B95356

accent

#4449E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E8B

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

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