#238D74#238D74

#238D74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.101 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D74
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 116)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 17.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, -35.59, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 35.92, 172.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.1003 0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.101 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.3688, 20.6664, 19.8041)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D74 #8D233C

analogous

#238D3F #238D74 #23718D

triadic

#238D74 #74238D #8D7423

tetradic

#238D74 #3F238D #8D233C #718D23

square

#238D74 #3F238D #8D233C #718D23

split-complementary

#238D74 #8D2371 #8D3F23

monochromatic

#0B2B23 #175C4C #238D74 #2FBE9C #55D5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#238D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#238D74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D74

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D74	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)

#888373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.101 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf9c',
    500: '#238d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d74;
$custom-light: #6faf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.849,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57853,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D74

secondary

#B9536B

accent

#446AE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D74

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

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