#238E76#238E76

#238E76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.101 H 173.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E76
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 118)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 16.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, -35.50, 4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 35.76, 173.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% -0.1003 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.101 173.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.6345, 21.0097, 20.4727)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E76 #8E233B

analogous

#238E41 #238E76 #23718E

triadic

#238E76 #76238E #8E7623

tetradic

#238E76 #41238E #8E233B #718E23

square

#238E76 #41238E #8E233B #718E23

split-complementary

#238E76 #8E2371 #8E4123

monochromatic

#0B2C24 #175D4D #238E76 #2FBF9F #56D5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#238E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#238E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E76

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E76	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)

#898475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.101 173.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09d',
    500: '#238e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e76;
$custom-light: #6fb09d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.542,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58179,
    "c": 0.10091,
    "h": 173.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E76

secondary

#B9536A

accent

#4468E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E76

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

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