#238C7D#238C7D

#238C7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.095 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C7D
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 125)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 10.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -32.65, -0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 32.65, 180.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0948 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.095 181)
XYZ	xyz(13.7711, 20.5925, 22.6470)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C7D #8C2332

analogous

#238C49 #238C7D #23678C

triadic

#238C7D #7D238C #8C7D23

tetradic

#238C7D #49238C #8C2332 #678C23

square

#238C7D #49238C #8C2332 #678C23

split-complementary

#238C7D #8C2367 #8C4923

monochromatic

#0B2A26 #175B51 #238C7D #2FBDA9 #55D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#238C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#238C7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C7D

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C7D	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.095 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faea2',
    500: '#238c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c7d;
$custom-light: #6faea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57867,
    "c": 0.09477,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.20594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C7D

secondary

#B85261

accent

#455BE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C7D

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

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