#238D7C#238D7C

#238D7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.096 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D7C
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 124)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -33.40, 0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 33.40, 178.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0963 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.096 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8543, 20.8607, 22.3612)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D7C #8D2334

analogous

#238D47 #238D7C #23698D

triadic

#238D7C #7C238D #8D7C23

tetradic

#238D7C #47238D #8D2334 #698D23

square

#238D7C #47238D #8D2334 #698D23

split-complementary

#238D7C #8D2369 #8D4723

monochromatic

#0B2B26 #175C51 #238D7C #2FBEA7 #55D5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#238D7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D7C

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D7C	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)

#87847B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.096 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa1',
    500: '#238d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d7c;
$custom-light: #70afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.377,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58099,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D7C

secondary

#B95363

accent

#445EE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D7C

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

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