#238F8D#238F8D

#238F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F8D
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -29.37, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 30.32, 194.35°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0903 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.093 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3211, 21.9235, 28.6183)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F8D #8F2325

analogous

#238F57 #238F8D #235B8F

triadic

#238F8D #8D238F #8F8D23

tetradic

#238F8D #57238F #8F2325 #5B8F23

square

#238F8D #57238F #8F2325 #5B8F23

split-complementary

#238F8D #8F235B #8F5723

monochromatic

#0B2D2C #175E5D #238F8D #2FC0BD #57D6D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#238F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#238F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F8D

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F8D	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86888D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ae',
    500: '#238f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f8d;
$custom-light: #71b0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.889,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59203,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F8D

secondary

#BA5456

accent

#4447E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F8D

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

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