#238C7C#238C7C

#238C7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C7C
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 124)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 11.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -32.93, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 32.93, 179.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0952 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.095 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.7075, 20.5671, 22.3123)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C7C #8C2333

analogous

#238C48 #238C7C #23688C

triadic

#238C7C #7C238C #8C7C23

tetradic

#238C7C #48238C #8C2333 #688C23

square

#238C7C #48238C #8C2333 #688C23

split-complementary

#238C7C #8C2368 #8C4823

monochromatic

#0B2A25 #175B51 #238C7C #2FBDA7 #55D4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#238C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#238C7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C7C

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C7C	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)

#86837B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faea1',
    500: '#238c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c7c;
$custom-light: #6faea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57834,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C7C

secondary

#B85262

accent

#455DE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C7C

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

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