#238D7B#238D7B

#238D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.097 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D7B
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 123)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -33.68, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 33.70, 178.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0968 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.097 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.7914, 20.8355, 22.0298)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D7B #8D2335

analogous

#238D46 #238D7B #236A8D

triadic

#238D7B #7B238D #8D7B23

tetradic

#238D7B #46238D #8D2335 #6A8D23

square

#238D7B #46238D #8D2335 #6A8D23

split-complementary

#238D7B #8D236A #8D4623

monochromatic

#0B2B25 #175C50 #238D7B #2FBEA6 #55D5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D7B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D7B	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.097 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa1',
    500: '#238d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d7b;
$custom-light: #70afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.811,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58067,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D7B

secondary

#B95364

accent

#445FE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D7B

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

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