#238C7F#238C7F

#238C7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C7F
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 127)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 9.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -32.08, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 32.11, 182.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0938 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.094 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9001, 20.6441, 23.3267)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C7F #8C2330

analogous

#238C4A #238C7F #23658C

triadic

#238C7F #7F238C #8C7F23

tetradic

#238C7F #4A238C #8C2330 #658C23

square

#238C7F #4A238C #8C2330 #658C23

split-complementary

#238C7F #8C2365 #8C4A23

monochromatic

#0B2A26 #175B53 #238C7F #2FBDAB #55D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#238C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#238C7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C7F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C7F	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85847F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aea4',
    500: '#238c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c7f;
$custom-light: #70aea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57932,
    "c": 0.0939,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C7F

secondary

#B8525F

accent

#4558E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C7F

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

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