#238D79#238D79

#238D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.098 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D79
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -34.23, 2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 34.30, 176.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0978 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.098 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6675, 20.7859, 21.3772)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D79 #8D2337

analogous

#238D44 #238D79 #236C8D

triadic

#238D79 #79238D #8D7923

tetradic

#238D79 #44238D #8D2337 #6C8D23

square

#238D79 #44238D #8D2337 #6C8D23

split-complementary

#238D79 #8D236C #8D4423

monochromatic

#0B2B25 #175C4F #238D79 #2FBEA3 #55D5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D79

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D79	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.098 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf9f',
    500: '#238d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d79;
$custom-light: #6faf9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58005,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D79

secondary

#B95366

accent

#4462E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D79

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

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