#238F8F#238F8F

#238F8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.092 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F8F
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 143)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -28.76, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 30.01, 196.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% -0.0893 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.092 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4712, 21.9835, 29.4091)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F8F #8F2323

analogous

#238F59 #238F8F #23598F

triadic

#238F8F #8F238F #8F8F23

tetradic

#238F8F #59238F #8F2323 #598F23

square

#238F8F #59238F #8F2323 #598F23

split-complementary

#238F8F #8F2359 #8F5923

monochromatic

#0B2D2D #175E5E #238F8F #2FC0C0 #57D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#238F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#238F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F8F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F8F	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.092 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b0af',
    500: '#238f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f8f;
$custom-light: #72b0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59276,
    "c": 0.09248,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F8F

secondary

#BA5454

accent

#4444E4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F8F

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

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