#238F8B#238F8B

#238F8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.093 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F8B
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -29.98, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 30.67, 192.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0912 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.093 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1736, 21.8645, 27.8417)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F8B #8F2327

analogous

#238F55 #238F8B #235D8F

triadic

#238F8B #8B238F #8F8B23

tetradic

#238F8B #55238F #8F2327 #5D8F23

square

#238F8B #55238F #8F2327 #5D8F23

split-complementary

#238F8B #8F235D #8F5523

monochromatic

#0B2D2B #175E5B #238F8B #2FC0BB #57D6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#238F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#238F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F8B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F8B	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)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.093 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ac',
    500: '#238f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f8b;
$custom-light: #71b0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59131,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F8B

secondary

#BA5458

accent

#444AE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F8B

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

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