#238B74#238B74

#238B74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.099 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B74
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 116)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 16.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.93, -34.68, 3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.93, 34.91, 173.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0981 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.099 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.0765, 20.0820, 19.7066)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B74 #8B233A

analogous

#238B40 #238B74 #236E8B

triadic

#238B74 #74238B #8B7423

tetradic

#238B74 #40238B #8B233A #6E8B23

square

#238B74 #40238B #8B233A #6E8B23

split-complementary

#238B74 #8B236E #8B4023

monochromatic

#0A2922 #175A4B #238B74 #2FBC9D #54D4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#238B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#238B74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B74

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B74	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.099 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9c',
    500: '#238b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b74;
$custom-light: #6fad9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57319,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B74

secondary

#B85268

accent

#4568E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B74

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

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