#238C79#238C79

#238C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.097 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#238C79
RGBrgb(35, 140, 121)
HSLhsl(169, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(169, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.39, -33.77, 1.76)
CIE-LCHlch(52.39, 33.82, 177.02°)
OKLaboklab(57.74% -0.0967 0.0041)
OKLCHoklch(57.74% 0.097 177.5)
XYZxyz(13.5207, 20.4924, 21.3283)
Luminance0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#238C79 #8C2336
analogous
#238C45 #238C79 #236B8C
triadic
#238C79 #79238C #8C7923
tetradic
#238C79 #45238C #8C2336 #6B8C23
square
#238C79 #45238C #8C2336 #6B8C23
split-complementary
#238C79 #8C236B #8C4523
monochromatic
#0B2A24 #175B4F #238C79 #2FBDA3 #55D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12
#238C79 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10
#238C79 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C79
5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##238C79#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##238C791.004.125.105.10
#FFFFFF4.121.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1021.001.001.00
##0000005.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#868378
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#78797A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008E86
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #238c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.097 177.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9f',
    500: '#238c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #238c79;
$custom-light: #6fae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#238c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57739,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#238C79
secondary
#B85265
accent
#4561E3
background
#F7FAF9
surface
#EDF4F2
border
#C8CECC
text
#08100E
muted
#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C79

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#238C79 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva