#238B7E#238B7E

#238B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.093 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B7E
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -31.89, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 31.93, 182.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.0932 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.093 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6898, 20.3273, 22.9367)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B7E #8B2330

analogous

#238B4A #238B7E #23648B

triadic

#238B7E #7E238B #8B7E23

tetradic

#238B7E #4A238B #8B2330 #648B23

square

#238B7E #4A238B #8B2330 #648B23

split-complementary

#238B7E #8B2364 #8B4A23

monochromatic

#0A2925 #175A52 #238B7E #2FBCAA #54D4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#238B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#238B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B7E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B7E	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.093 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada3',
    500: '#238b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b7e;
$custom-light: #6fada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57635,
    "c": 0.09332,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B7E

secondary

#B8525F

accent

#4559E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B7E

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

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