#238A7C#238A7C

#238A7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.093 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A7C
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 124)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -32.00, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 32.01, 181.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.0931 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.093 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4179, 19.9879, 22.2158)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A7C #8A2331

analogous

#238A49 #238A7C #23658A

triadic

#238A7C #7C238A #8A7C23

tetradic

#238A7C #49238A #8A2331 #658A23

square

#238A7C #49238A #8A2331 #658A23

split-complementary

#238A7C #8A2365 #8A4923

monochromatic

#0A2824 #175950 #238A7C #2FBBA8 #54D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#238A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#238A7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A7C

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A7C	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.093 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada1',
    500: '#238a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a7c;
$custom-light: #6fada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.845,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57305,
    "c": 0.09318,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A7C

secondary

#B7515F

accent

#455BE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A7C

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

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