#238D7F#238D7F

#238D7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D7F
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 127)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -32.55, -1.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 32.56, 181.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0948 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.095 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0469, 20.9377, 23.3756)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D7F #8D2331

analogous

#238D4A #238D7F #23668D

triadic

#238D7F #7F238D #8D7F23

tetradic

#238D7F #4A238D #8D2331 #668D23

square

#238D7F #4A238D #8D2331 #668D23

split-complementary

#238D7F #8D2366 #8D4A23

monochromatic

#0B2B27 #175C53 #238D7F #2FBEAB #55D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#238D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#238D7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D7F

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D7F	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86847E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa4',
    500: '#238d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d7f;
$custom-light: #70afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.075,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58196,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D7F

secondary

#B95360

accent

#4459E3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D7F

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

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