#238B70#238B70

#238B70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.101 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B70
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 112)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 19.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, -35.74, 6.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 36.27, 170.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.2% -0.1001 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(57.2% 0.101 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8489, 19.9909, 18.5075)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B70 #8B233E

analogous

#238B3C #238B70 #23728B

triadic

#238B70 #70238B #8B7023

tetradic

#238B70 #3C238B #8B233E #728B23

square

#238B70 #3C238B #8B233E #728B23

split-complementary

#238B70 #8B2372 #8B3C23

monochromatic

#0A2921 #175A49 #238B70 #2FBC97 #54D4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#238B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#238B70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B70

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B70	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)

#87816F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.101 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead99',
    500: '#238b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b70;
$custom-light: #6ead99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.423,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57201,
    "c": 0.10135,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B70

secondary

#B8526C

accent

#456EE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B70

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

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