#238B78#238B78

#238B78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.096 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B78
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 13.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, -33.59, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 33.64, 176.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.0962 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.096 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3142, 20.1770, 20.9585)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B78 #8B2336

analogous

#238B44 #238B78 #236A8B

triadic

#238B78 #78238B #8B7823

tetradic

#238B78 #44238B #8B2336 #6A8B23

square

#238B78 #44238B #8B2336 #6A8B23

split-complementary

#238B78 #8B236A #8B4423

monochromatic

#0A2924 #175A4E #238B78 #2FBCA2 #54D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#238B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#238B78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B78

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B78	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.096 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9e',
    500: '#238b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b78;
$custom-light: #6fad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.038,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57442,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B78

secondary

#B85264

accent

#4562E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B78

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

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