#238F8E#238F8E

#238F8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.093 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F8E
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 142)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, -29.07, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 30.16, 195.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0898 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.093 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.3958, 21.9534, 29.0119)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F8E #8F2324

analogous

#238F58 #238F8E #235A8F

triadic

#238F8E #8E238F #8F8E23

tetradic

#238F8E #58238F #8F2324 #5A8F23

square

#238F8E #58238F #8F2324 #5A8F23

split-complementary

#238F8E #8F235A #8F5823

monochromatic

#0B2D2C #175E5D #238F8E #2FC0BF #57D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#238F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#238F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F8E

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F8E	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)

#85888E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.093 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0af',
    500: '#238f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f8e;
$custom-light: #71b0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59239,
    "c": 0.09256,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F8E

secondary

#BA5455

accent

#4445E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F8E

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

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