#238B76#238B76

#238B76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.097 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B76
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 118)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.98, -34.14, 2.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.98, 34.26, 175.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.0971 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.097 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1941, 20.1290, 20.3259)
Luminance	0.2013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B76 #8B2338

analogous

#238B42 #238B76 #236C8B

triadic

#238B76 #76238B #8B7623

tetradic

#238B76 #42238B #8B2338 #6C8B23

square

#238B76 #42238B #8B2338 #6C8B23

split-complementary

#238B76 #8B236C #8B4223

monochromatic

#0A2923 #175A4C #238B76 #2FBCA0 #54D4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#238B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238B76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B76

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B76	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.097 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9d',
    500: '#238b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b76;
$custom-light: #6fad9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.885,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5738,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B76

secondary

#B85266

accent

#4565E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B76

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

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