#238D7D#238D7D

#238D7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.096 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D7D
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 125)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -33.12, 0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 33.12, 179.86°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0958 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.096 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.9179, 20.8861, 22.6960)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D7D #8D2333

analogous

#238D48 #238D7D #23688D

triadic

#238D7D #7D238D #8D7D23

tetradic

#238D7D #48238D #8D2333 #688D23

square

#238D7D #48238D #8D2333 #688D23

split-complementary

#238D7D #8D2368 #8D4823

monochromatic

#0B2B26 #175C52 #238D7D #2FBEA8 #55D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#238D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#238D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D7D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D7D	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.096 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa2',
    500: '#238d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d7d;
$custom-light: #70afa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58131,
    "c": 0.09582,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D7D

secondary

#B95362

accent

#445CE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D7D

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

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