#238579#238579

#238579 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.089 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238579
RGB	rgb(35, 133, 121)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.7%, 0%, 9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, -30.49, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 30.53, 182.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% -0.0893 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.089 183)
XYZ	xyz(12.5302, 18.5114, 20.9981)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238579 #85232F

analogous

#238548 #238579 #236085

triadic

#238579 #792385 #857923

tetradic

#238579 #482385 #85232F #608523

square

#238579 #482385 #85232F #608523

split-complementary

#238579 #852360 #854823

monochromatic

#092421 #16554D #238579 #30B5A5 #51D1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#238579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#238579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238579

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238579	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71737A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008881

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 133, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.089 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea99f',
    500: '#238579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238579;
$custom-light: #6ea99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5588,
    "c": 0.08939,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.18513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238579

secondary

#B54F5B

accent

#4659E2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238579

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

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