#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
RGBrgb(35, 142, 140)
HSLhsl(179, 60%, 35%)
HSVhsv(179, 75%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.59, -29.19, -7.46)
CIE-LCHlch(53.59, 30.13, 194.34°)
OKLaboklab(58.91% -0.0897 -0.0208)
OKLCHoklch(58.91% 0.092 193)
XYZxyz(15.0976, 21.5950, 28.1784)
Luminance0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##238E8C1.003.955.325.32
#FFFFFF3.951.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3221.001.001.00
##0000005.3221.001.001.00

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

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#238E8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva