#238A7D#238A7D

#238A7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.093 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A7D
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, -31.71, -1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 31.74, 182.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.34% -0.0926 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.34% 0.093 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4815, 20.0133, 22.5505)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A7D #8A2330

analogous

#238A4A #238A7D #23648A

triadic

#238A7D #7D238A #8A7D23

tetradic

#238A7D #4A238A #8A2330 #648A23

square

#238A7D #4A238A #8A2330 #648A23

split-complementary

#238A7D #8A2364 #8A4A23

monochromatic

#0A2825 #175951 #238A7D #2FBBA9 #54D4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#238A7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#238A7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A7D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A7D	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)

#83827D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.093 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada2',
    500: '#238a7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a7d;
$custom-light: #6fada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.427,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57338,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A7D

secondary

#B7515E

accent

#4559E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A7D

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

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