#238A7F#238A7F

#238A7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A7F
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 127)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, -31.13, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 31.23, 184.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0917 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.092 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6105, 20.0650, 23.2302)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A7F #8A232E

analogous

#238A4C #238A7F #23628A

triadic

#238A7F #7F238A #8A7F23

tetradic

#238A7F #4C238A #8A232E #628A23

square

#238A7F #4C238A #8A232E #628A23

split-complementary

#238A7F #8A2362 #8A4C23

monochromatic

#0A2825 #175952 #238A7F #2FBBAC #54D4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#238A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#238A7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A7F

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A7F	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)

#83827F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada4',
    500: '#238a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a7f;
$custom-light: #6fada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.592,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57405,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A7F

secondary

#B7515C

accent

#4556E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A7F

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

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