#238F85#238F85

#238F85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.095 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F85
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 133)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, -31.76, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 31.93, 185.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.094 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.095 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7472, 21.6939, 25.5959)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F85 #8F232D

analogous

#238F4F #238F85 #23638F

triadic

#238F85 #85238F #8F8523

tetradic

#238F85 #4F238F #8F232D #638F23

square

#238F85 #4F238F #8F232D #638F23

split-complementary

#238F85 #8F2363 #8F4F23

monochromatic

#0B2D2A #175E57 #238F85 #2FC0B3 #57D6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#238F85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#238F85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F85

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F85	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)

#878785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.095 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a8',
    500: '#238f85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f85;
$custom-light: #71b0a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58922,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F85

secondary

#BA545D

accent

#4453E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F85

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

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