#238A78#238A78

#238A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.095 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A78
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, -33.12, 1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 33.15, 177.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% -0.0951 0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.095 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1701, 19.8888, 20.9105)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A78 #8A2335

analogous

#238A45 #238A78 #23698A

triadic

#238A78 #78238A #8A7823

tetradic

#238A78 #45238A #8A2335 #698A23

square

#238A78 #45238A #8A2335 #698A23

split-complementary

#238A78 #8A2369 #8A4523

monochromatic

#0A2823 #17594E #238A78 #2FBBA2 #54D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#238A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#238A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A78

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A78	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.095 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9e',
    500: '#238a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a78;
$custom-light: #6fad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.515,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57176,
    "c": 0.09515,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A78

secondary

#B75163

accent

#4561E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A78

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

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