#238A76#238A76

#238A76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.096 H 176.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A76
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 118)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 14.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, -33.68, 2.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 33.77, 175.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.11% -0.0961 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(57.11% 0.096 176.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0500, 19.8407, 20.2779)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A76 #8A2337

analogous

#238A43 #238A76 #236B8A

triadic

#238A76 #76238A #8A7623

tetradic

#238A76 #43238A #8A2337 #6B8A23

square

#238A76 #43238A #8A2337 #6B8A23

split-complementary

#238A76 #8A236B #8A4323

monochromatic

#0A2823 #17594C #238A76 #2FBBA0 #54D4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#238A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#238A76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A76

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A76	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.096 176.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9d',
    500: '#238a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a76;
$custom-light: #6fad9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.35,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57113,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 176.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A76

secondary

#B75165

accent

#4564E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A76

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

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