#238A74#238A74

#238A74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.097 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A74
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 15.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, -34.22, 3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 34.41, 174.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% -0.0971 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.097 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.9324, 19.7937, 19.6586)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A74 #8A2339

analogous

#238A40 #238A74 #236D8A

triadic

#238A74 #74238A #8A7423

tetradic

#238A74 #40238A #8A2339 #6D8A23

square

#238A74 #40238A #8A2339 #6D8A23

split-complementary

#238A74 #8A236D #8A4023

monochromatic

#0A2822 #17594B #238A74 #2FBB9D #54D4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#238A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#238A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A74

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A74	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.097 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9c',
    500: '#238a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a74;
$custom-light: #6fad9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.184,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57052,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A74

secondary

#B75167

accent

#4567E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A74

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

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