#238B7F#238B7F

#238B7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B7F
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 127)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -31.61, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 31.67, 183.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0927 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.093 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7547, 20.3532, 23.2782)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B7F #8B232F

analogous

#238B4B #238B7F #23638B

triadic

#238B7F #7F238B #8B7F23

tetradic

#238B7F #4B238B #8B232F #638B23

square

#238B7F #4B238B #8B232F #638B23

split-complementary

#238B7F #8B2363 #8B4B23

monochromatic

#0A2926 #175A52 #238B7F #2FBCAC #54D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#238B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#238B7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B7F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B7F	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	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)

#84837F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fada4',
    500: '#238b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b7f;
$custom-light: #6fada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57669,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B7F

secondary

#B8525E

accent

#4557E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B7F

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

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