#238B79#238B79

#238B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.096 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B79
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, -33.31, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 33.33, 177.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0957 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.096 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3752, 20.2014, 21.2798)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B79 #8B2335

analogous

#238B45 #238B79 #23698B

triadic

#238B79 #79238B #8B7923

tetradic

#238B79 #45238B #8B2335 #698B23

square

#238B79 #45238B #8B2335 #698B23

split-complementary

#238B79 #8B2369 #8B4523

monochromatic

#0A2924 #175A4E #238B79 #2FBCA4 #54D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#238B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#238B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B79

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B79	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)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.096 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9f',
    500: '#238b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b79;
$custom-light: #6fad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.615,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57473,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B79

secondary

#B85263

accent

#4560E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B79

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

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