#238D78#238D78

#238D78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.099 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D78
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 120)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 14.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -34.51, 2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 34.62, 175.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0983 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.099 176)
XYZ	xyz(13.6065, 20.7615, 21.0559)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D78 #8D2338

analogous

#238D43 #238D78 #236D8D

triadic

#238D78 #78238D #8D7823

tetradic

#238D78 #43238D #8D2338 #6D8D23

square

#238D78 #43238D #8D2338 #6D8D23

split-complementary

#238D78 #8D236D #8D4323

monochromatic

#0B2B25 #175C4E #238D78 #2FBEA2 #55D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#238D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#238D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D78

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D78	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.099 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf9e',
    500: '#238d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d78;
$custom-light: #6faf9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.113,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57974,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.20763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D78

secondary

#B95367

accent

#4464E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D78

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

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