#238E8E#238E8E

#238E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.092 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E8E
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, -28.58, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 29.82, 196.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0888 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.092 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.2464, 21.6545, 28.9621)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E8E #8E2323

analogous

#238E59 #238E8E #23598E

triadic

#238E8E #8E238E #8E8E23

tetradic

#238E8E #59238E #8E2323 #598E23

square

#238E8E #59238E #8E2323 #598E23

split-complementary

#238E8E #8E2359 #8E5923

monochromatic

#0B2C2C #175D5D #238E8E #2FBFBF #56D5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#238E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#238E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E8E

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E8E	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)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.092 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#238e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e8e;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5898,
    "c": 0.09188,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E8E

secondary

#B95353

accent

#4444E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E8E

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

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