#238B75#238B75

#238B75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.098 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B75
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 117)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 15.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, -34.41, 3.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 34.58, 174.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.0976 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.098 175)
XYZ	xyz(13.1350, 20.1054, 20.0146)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B75 #8B2339

analogous

#238B41 #238B75 #236D8B

triadic

#238B75 #75238B #8B7523

tetradic

#238B75 #41238B #8B2339 #6D8B23

square

#238B75 #41238B #8B2339 #6D8B23

split-complementary

#238B75 #8B236D #8B4123

monochromatic

#0A2923 #175A4C #238B75 #2FBC9E #54D4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#238B75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#238B75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B75

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B75	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#868274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.098 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9c',
    500: '#238b75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b75;
$custom-light: #6fad9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.308,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57349,
    "c": 0.09802,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.20107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B75

secondary

#B85267

accent

#4566E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B75

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

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