#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
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -33.77, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 33.82, 177.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0967 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.097 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5207, 20.4924, 21.3283)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##238C79	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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