#238E75#238E75

#238E75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.102 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E75
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 117)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 17.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, -35.77, 4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 36.10, 172.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.1008 0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.102 173)
XYZ	xyz(13.5754, 20.9861, 20.1614)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E75 #8E233C

analogous

#238E3F #238E75 #23728E

triadic

#238E75 #75238E #8E7523

tetradic

#238E75 #3F238E #8E233C #728E23

square

#238E75 #3F238E #8E233C #728E23

split-complementary

#238E75 #8E2372 #8E3F23

monochromatic

#0B2C24 #175D4D #238E75 #2FBF9D #56D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E75

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E75	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.102 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09c',
    500: '#238e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e75;
$custom-light: #6fb09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.981,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58149,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.20988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E75

secondary

#B9536B

accent

#4469E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E75

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

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