#238B7A#238B7A

#238B7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.095 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B7A
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 122)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -33.03, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 33.04, 178.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0952 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.095 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4369, 20.2261, 21.6044)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B7A #8B2334

analogous

#238B46 #238B7A #23688B

triadic

#238B7A #7A238B #8B7A23

tetradic

#238B7A #46238B #8B2334 #688B23

square

#238B7A #46238B #8B2334 #688B23

split-complementary

#238B7A #8B2368 #8B4623

monochromatic

#0A2924 #175A4F #238B7A #2FBCA5 #54D4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238B7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B7A

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B7A	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.095 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada0',
    500: '#238b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b7a;
$custom-light: #6fada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.192,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57505,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B7A

secondary

#B85263

accent

#455FE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B7A

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

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