#238E8D#238E8D

#238E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.092 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E8D
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, -28.89, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 29.97, 195.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0892 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.092 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.1716, 21.6246, 28.5685)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E8D #8E2324

analogous

#238E57 #238E8D #235A8E

triadic

#238E8D #8D238E #8E8D23

tetradic

#238E8D #57238E #8E2324 #5A8E23

square

#238E8D #57238E #8E2324 #5A8E23

split-complementary

#238E8D #8E235A #8E5723

monochromatic

#0B2C2B #175D5C #238E8D #2FBFBE #56D5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#238E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#238E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E8D

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E8D	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.092 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afae',
    500: '#238e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e8d;
$custom-light: #71afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.439,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58943,
    "c": 0.09197,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E8D

secondary

#B95354

accent

#4446E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E8D

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

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