#238B7C#238B7C

#238B7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B7C
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 124)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 10.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -32.47, -0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 32.47, 180.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% -0.0942 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.094 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5621, 20.2762, 22.2638)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B7C #8B2332

analogous

#238B48 #238B7C #23668B

triadic

#238B7C #7C238B #8B7C23

tetradic

#238B7C #48238B #8B2332 #668B23

square

#238B7C #48238B #8B2332 #668B23

split-complementary

#238B7C #8B2366 #8B4823

monochromatic

#0A2925 #175A50 #238B7C #2FBCA8 #54D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#238B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#238B7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B7C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B7C	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85827B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada1',
    500: '#238b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b7c;
$custom-light: #6fada1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.346,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5757,
    "c": 0.09421,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B7C

secondary

#B85261

accent

#455CE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B7C

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

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