#238D7A#238D7A

#238D7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.097 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D7A
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 122)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 13.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -33.96, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 34.00, 177.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.0973 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.097 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7291, 20.8106, 21.7019)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D7A #8D2336

analogous

#238D45 #238D7A #236B8D

triadic

#238D7A #7A238D #8D7A23

tetradic

#238D7A #45238D #8D2336 #6B8D23

square

#238D7A #45238D #8D2336 #6B8D23

split-complementary

#238D7A #8D236B #8D4523

monochromatic

#0B2B25 #175C50 #238D7A #2FBEA4 #55D5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#238D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#238D7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D7A

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D7A	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)

#878479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.097 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafa0',
    500: '#238d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d7a;
$custom-light: #6fafa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58036,
    "c": 0.09737,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D7A

secondary

#B95365

accent

#4461E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D7A

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

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