#238B77#238B77

#238B77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.097 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B77
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 119)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 14.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -33.86, 2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 33.95, 176.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% -0.0966 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.097 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.2539, 20.1529, 20.6406)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B77 #8B2337

analogous

#238B43 #238B77 #236B8B

triadic

#238B77 #77238B #8B7723

tetradic

#238B77 #43238B #8B2337 #6B8B23

square

#238B77 #43238B #8B2337 #6B8B23

split-complementary

#238B77 #8B236B #8B4323

monochromatic

#0A2923 #175A4D #238B77 #2FBCA1 #54D4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#238B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#238B77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B77

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B77	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#868276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.097 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9e',
    500: '#238b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b77;
$custom-light: #6fad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57411,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B77

secondary

#B85265

accent

#4563E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B77

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

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