#238C7B#238C7B

#238C7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.096 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C7B
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 123)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 12.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -33.21, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 33.22, 178.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0957 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.096 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.6446, 20.5419, 21.9809)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C7B #8C2334

analogous

#238C47 #238C7B #23698C

triadic

#238C7B #7B238C #8C7B23

tetradic

#238C7B #47238C #8C2334 #698C23

square

#238C7B #47238C #8C2334 #698C23

split-complementary

#238C7B #8C2369 #8C4723

monochromatic

#0B2A25 #175B50 #238C7B #2FBDA6 #55D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#238C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#238C7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C7B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C7B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86837A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.096 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faea1',
    500: '#238c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c7b;
$custom-light: #6faea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57802,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C7B

secondary

#B85263

accent

#455EE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C7B

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

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