#238C74#238C74

#238C74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.100 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C74
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 116)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 17.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -35.13, 4.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 35.42, 172.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0992 0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.1 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.2220, 20.3729, 19.7551)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C74 #8C233B

analogous

#238C40 #238C74 #23708C

triadic

#238C74 #74238C #8C7423

tetradic

#238C74 #40238C #8C233B #708C23

square

#238C74 #40238C #8C233B #708C23

split-complementary

#238C74 #8C2370 #8C4023

monochromatic

#0B2A23 #175B4B #238C74 #2FBD9D #55D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#238C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#238C74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C74

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C74	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)

#878373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.100 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9c',
    500: '#238c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c74;
$custom-light: #6fae9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57586,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C74

secondary

#B8526A

accent

#4569E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C74

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

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