#238E78#238E78

#238E78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E78
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 120)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, -34.96, 3.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 35.11, 174.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0993 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.1 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7546, 21.0578, 21.1053)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E78 #8E2339

analogous

#238E43 #238E78 #236E8E

triadic

#238E78 #78238E #8E7823

tetradic

#238E78 #43238E #8E2339 #6E8E23

square

#238E78 #43238E #8E2339 #6E8E23

split-complementary

#238E78 #8E236E #8E4323

monochromatic

#0B2C25 #175D4F #238E78 #2FBFA1 #56D5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#238E78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E78

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E78	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)

#898577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09e',
    500: '#238e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e78;
$custom-light: #6fb09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.664,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5824,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E78

secondary

#B95368

accent

#4465E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E78

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

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