#238E77#238E77

#238E77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E77
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 119)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 16.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -35.23, 3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 35.44, 173.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% -0.0998 0.0095)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.1 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.6942, 21.0336, 20.7873)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E77 #8E233A

analogous

#238E42 #238E77 #23708E

triadic

#238E77 #77238E #8E7723

tetradic

#238E77 #42238E #8E233A #708E23

square

#238E77 #42238E #8E233A #708E23

split-complementary

#238E77 #8E2370 #8E4223

monochromatic

#0B2C25 #175D4E #238E77 #2FBFA0 #56D5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#238E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E77

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E77	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09e',
    500: '#238e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e77;
$custom-light: #6fb09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.103,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58209,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E77

secondary

#B95369

accent

#4466E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E77

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

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