#238F81#238F81

#238F81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F81
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 129)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 9.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -32.91, -1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 32.93, 181.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.096 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.096 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4761, 21.5855, 24.1681)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F81 #8F2331

analogous

#238F4B #238F81 #23678F

triadic

#238F81 #81238F #8F8123

tetradic

#238F81 #4B238F #8F2331 #678F23

square

#238F81 #4B238F #8F2331 #678F23

split-complementary

#238F81 #8F2367 #8F4B23

monochromatic

#0B2D28 #175E55 #238F81 #2FC0AD #57D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#238F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#238F81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F81

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F81	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)

#888680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a5',
    500: '#238f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f81;
$custom-light: #70b0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58789,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F81

secondary

#BA5461

accent

#4459E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F81

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

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