#238C76#238C76

#238C76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.099 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C76
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 118)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 15.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, -34.59, 3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 34.76, 174.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0982 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.099 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.3396, 20.4199, 20.3744)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C76 #8C2339

analogous

#238C42 #238C76 #236E8C

triadic

#238C76 #76238C #8C7623

tetradic

#238C76 #42238C #8C2339 #6E8C23

square

#238C76 #42238C #8C2339 #6E8C23

split-complementary

#238C76 #8C236E #8C4223

monochromatic

#0B2A23 #175B4D #238C76 #2FBD9F #55D4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#238C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#238C76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C76

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C76	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.099 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9d',
    500: '#238c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c76;
$custom-light: #6fae9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57646,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C76

secondary

#B85268

accent

#4566E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C76

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

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