#238B7B#238B7B

#238B7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.095 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B7B
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 123)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 11.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, -32.75, 0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 32.75, 179.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0947 0)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.095 180)
XYZ	xyz(13.4991, 20.2510, 21.9324)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B7B #8B2333

analogous

#238B47 #238B7B #23678B

triadic

#238B7B #7B238B #8B7B23

tetradic

#238B7B #47238B #8B2333 #678B23

square

#238B7B #47238B #8B2333 #678B23

split-complementary

#238B7B #8B2367 #8B4723

monochromatic

#0A2924 #175A50 #238B7B #2FBCA6 #54D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#238B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#238B7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B7B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B7B	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)

#85827A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.095 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada1',
    500: '#238b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b7b;
$custom-light: #6fada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57537,
    "c": 0.09468,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.20253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B7B

secondary

#B85262

accent

#455DE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B7B

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

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