#238F88#238F88

#238F88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.094 H 188.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F88
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 136)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -30.88, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 31.26, 188.94°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0926 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.094 188.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9574, 21.7780, 26.7030)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F88 #8F232A

analogous

#238F52 #238F88 #23608F

triadic

#238F88 #88238F #8F8823

tetradic

#238F88 #52238F #8F232A #608F23

square

#238F88 #52238F #8F232A #608F23

split-complementary

#238F88 #8F2360 #8F5223

monochromatic

#0B2D2A #175E59 #238F88 #2FC0B7 #57D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#238F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#238F88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F88

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F88	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.094 188.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0aa',
    500: '#238f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f88;
$custom-light: #71b0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59025,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 188.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F88

secondary

#BA545B

accent

#444EE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F88

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

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