#238F8A#238F8A

#238F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F8A
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -30.28, -5.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 30.85, 191.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% -0.0917 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.093 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1009, 21.8354, 27.4586)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F8A #8F2328

analogous

#238F54 #238F8A #235E8F

triadic

#238F8A #8A238F #8F8A23

tetradic

#238F8A #54238F #8F2328 #5E8F23

square

#238F8A #54238F #8F2328 #5E8F23

split-complementary

#238F8A #8F235E #8F5423

monochromatic

#0B2D2B #175E5B #238F8A #2FC0B9 #57D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#238F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#238F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F8A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F8A	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ac',
    500: '#238f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f8a;
$custom-light: #71b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.222,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59095,
    "c": 0.09317,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F8A

secondary

#BA5459

accent

#444BE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F8A

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

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