#238E8C#238E8C

#238E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E8C
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 140)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -29.19, -7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 30.13, 194.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0897 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.092 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.0976, 21.5950, 28.1784)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E8C #8E2325

analogous

#238E57 #238E8C #235A8E

triadic

#238E8C #8C238E #8E8C23

tetradic

#238E8C #57238E #8E2325 #5A8E23

square

#238E8C #57238E #8E2325 #5A8E23

split-complementary

#238E8C #8E235A #8E5723

monochromatic

#0B2C2B #175D5C #238E8C #2FBFBC #56D5D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#238E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#238E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E8C

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E8C	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afad',
    500: '#238e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e8c;
$custom-light: #71afad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.879,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58907,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E8C

secondary

#B95355

accent

#4447E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E8C

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

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