#238A77#238A77

#238A77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.096 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A77
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 119)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 13.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -33.40, 1.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 33.46, 176.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.0956 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.096 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1097, 19.8646, 20.5925)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A77 #8A2336

analogous

#238A44 #238A77 #236A8A

triadic

#238A77 #77238A #8A7723

tetradic

#238A77 #44238A #8A2336 #6A8A23

square

#238A77 #44238A #8A2336 #6A8A23

split-complementary

#238A77 #8A236A #8A4423

monochromatic

#0A2823 #17594D #238A77 #2FBBA1 #54D4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#238A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#238A77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A77

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A77	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#848176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.096 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9e',
    500: '#238a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a77;
$custom-light: #6fad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.932,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57145,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A77

secondary

#B75164

accent

#4562E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A77

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

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