#238B7D#238B7D

#238B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B7D
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -32.18, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 32.19, 181.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0937 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.094 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6256, 20.3016, 22.5985)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B7D #8B2331

analogous

#238B49 #238B7D #23658B

triadic

#238B7D #7D238B #8B7D23

tetradic

#238B7D #49238B #8B2331 #658B23

square

#238B7D #49238B #8B2331 #658B23

split-complementary

#238B7D #8B2365 #8B4923

monochromatic

#0A2925 #175A51 #238B7D #2FBCA9 #54D4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#238B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#238B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B7D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B7D	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)

#84837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada2',
    500: '#238b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b7d;
$custom-light: #6fada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.923,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57602,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B7D

secondary

#B85260

accent

#455AE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B7D

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

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