#238C78#238C78

#238C78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.097 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C78
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 120)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 14.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, -34.05, 2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 34.13, 176.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0972 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.097 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4597, 20.4680, 21.0070)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C78 #8C2337

analogous

#238C43 #238C78 #236C8C

triadic

#238C78 #78238C #8C7823

tetradic

#238C78 #43238C #8C2337 #6C8C23

square

#238C78 #43238C #8C2337 #6C8C23

split-complementary

#238C78 #8C236C #8C4323

monochromatic

#0B2A24 #175B4E #238C78 #2FBDA2 #55D4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#238C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#238C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C78

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C78	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.097 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9e',
    500: '#238c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c78;
$custom-light: #6fae9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57708,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C78

secondary

#B85266

accent

#4563E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C78

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

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