#238D7E#238D7E

#238D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D7E
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -32.83, -0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 32.84, 180.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0953 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.095 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9821, 20.9118, 23.0341)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D7E #8D2332

analogous

#238D49 #238D7E #23678D

triadic

#238D7E #7E238D #8D7E23

tetradic

#238D7E #49238D #8D2332 #678D23

square

#238D7E #49238D #8D2332 #678D23

split-complementary

#238D7E #8D2367 #8D4923

monochromatic

#0B2B26 #175C52 #238D7E #2FBEAA #55D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#238D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#238D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D7E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D7E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#86847D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa3',
    500: '#238d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d7e;
$custom-light: #70afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58163,
    "c": 0.09535,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D7E

secondary

#B95361

accent

#445BE3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D7E

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

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