#238A79#238A79

#238A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.095 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A79
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, -32.85, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 32.86, 178.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% -0.0946 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.095 179)
XYZ	xyz(13.2311, 19.9132, 21.2318)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A79 #8A2334

analogous

#238A46 #238A79 #23688A

triadic

#238A79 #79238A #8A7923

tetradic

#238A79 #46238A #8A2334 #688A23

square

#238A79 #46238A #8A2334 #688A23

split-complementary

#238A79 #8A2368 #8A4623

monochromatic

#0A2823 #17594E #238A79 #2FBBA4 #54D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#238A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#238A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A79

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A79	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#848178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.095 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9f',
    500: '#238a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a79;
$custom-light: #6fad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.097,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57208,
    "c": 0.09461,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.19915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A79

secondary

#B75162

accent

#455FE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A79

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

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