#238A7B#238A7B

#238A7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.094 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A7B
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 123)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -32.28, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 32.28, 180.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.0936 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.094 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3550, 19.9628, 21.8844)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A7B #8A2332

analogous

#238A48 #238A7B #23668A

triadic

#238A7B #7B238A #8A7B23

tetradic

#238A7B #48238A #8A2332 #668A23

square

#238A7B #48238A #8A2332 #668A23

split-complementary

#238A7B #8A2366 #8A4823

monochromatic

#0A2824 #17594F #238A7B #2FBBA7 #54D4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#238A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#238A7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A7B

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A7B	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84827A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.094 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada1',
    500: '#238a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a7b;
$custom-light: #6fada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.262,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57272,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A7B

secondary

#B75160

accent

#455CE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A7B

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

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