#238A7E#238A7E

#238A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A7E
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, -31.42, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 31.48, 183.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0922 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.092 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5457, 20.0390, 22.8886)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A7E #8A232F

analogous

#238A4B #238A7E #23638A

triadic

#238A7E #7E238A #8A7E23

tetradic

#238A7E #4B238A #8A232F #638A23

square

#238A7E #4B238A #8A232F #638A23

split-complementary

#238A7E #8A2363 #8A4B23

monochromatic

#0A2825 #175951 #238A7E #2FBBAB #54D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#238A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#238A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A7E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A7E	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75777F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada3',
    500: '#238a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a7e;
$custom-light: #6fada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.01,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57371,
    "c": 0.09233,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A7E

secondary

#B7515D

accent

#4557E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A7E

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

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