#238C7E#238C7E

#238C7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C7E
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -32.37, -0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 32.38, 181.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0943 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.094 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8353, 20.6182, 22.9852)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C7E #8C2331

analogous

#238C4A #238C7E #23668C

triadic

#238C7E #7E238C #8C7E23

tetradic

#238C7E #4A238C #8C2331 #668C23

square

#238C7E #4A238C #8C2331 #668C23

split-complementary

#238C7E #8C2366 #8C4A23

monochromatic

#0B2A26 #175B52 #238C7E #2FBDAA #55D4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#238C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#238C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C7E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C7E	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)

#85837D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea3',
    500: '#238c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c7e;
$custom-light: #70aea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57899,
    "c": 0.09433,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C7E

secondary

#B85260

accent

#455AE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C7E

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

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