#238F89#238F89

#238F89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F89
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 4.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -30.58, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 31.05, 190.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0921 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.093 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.0288, 21.8066, 27.0791)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F89 #8F2329

analogous

#238F53 #238F89 #235F8F

triadic

#238F89 #89238F #8F8923

tetradic

#238F89 #53238F #8F2329 #5F8F23

square

#238F89 #53238F #8F2329 #5F8F23

split-complementary

#238F89 #8F235F #8F5323

monochromatic

#0B2D2B #175E5A #238F89 #2FC0B8 #57D6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#238F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#238F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F89

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F89	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)

#878789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ab',
    500: '#238f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f89;
$custom-light: #71b0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5906,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F89

secondary

#BA545A

accent

#444DE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F89

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

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