#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
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -31.17, -4.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 31.47, 187.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0931 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.094 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.8867, 21.7497, 26.3305)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##238F87	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F87

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

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