#238E8F#238E8F

#238E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.092 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E8F
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -28.27, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 29.69, 197.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% -0.0883 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.092 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3218, 21.6846, 29.3593)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E8F #8F2423

analogous

#238F5A #238E8F #23588F

triadic

#238E8F #8F238E #8E8F23

tetradic

#238E8F #5A238F #8F2423 #588F23

square

#238E8F #5A238F #8F2423 #588F23

split-complementary

#238E8F #8F2358 #8F5A23

monochromatic

#0B2C2D #175D5E #238E8F #2FBFC0 #57D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#238E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E8F

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E8F	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.092 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afaf',
    500: '#238e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e8f;
$custom-light: #71afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59017,
    "c": 0.09183,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E8F

secondary

#BA5554

accent

#4544E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E8F

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

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