#238F87#238F87

#238F87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238F87
RGBrgb(35, 143, 135)
HSLhsl(176, 61%, 35%)
HSVhsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(75.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(53.76, -31.17, -4.33)
CIE-LCHlch(53.76, 31.47, 187.90°)
OKLaboklab(58.99% -0.0931 -0.0122)
OKLCHoklch(58.99% 0.094 187.5)
XYZxyz(14.8867, 21.7497, 26.3305)
Luminance0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238F87 #8F232B
analogous
#238F51 #238F87 #23618F
triadic
#238F87 #87238F #8F8723
tetradic
#238F87 #51238F #8F232B #618F23
square
#238F87 #51238F #8F232B #618F23
split-complementary
#238F87 #8F2361 #8F5123
monochromatic
#0B2D2A #175E59 #238F87 #2FC0B5 #57D6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92
#238F87 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35
#238F87 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F87
5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238F87#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238F871.003.925.355.35
#FFFFFF3.921.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3521.001.001.00
##0000005.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#878787
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#787C88
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00938C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 187.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0a9',
    500: '#238f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238f87;
$custom-light: #71b0a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58991,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238F87
secondary
#BA545B
accent
#4450E4
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF5F4
border
#C8CFCE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

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#238F87 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva