#238E79#238E79

#238E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.099 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E79
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, -34.69, 2.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 34.79, 175.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0988 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.099 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8156, 21.0822, 21.4266)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E79 #8E2338

analogous

#238E43 #238E79 #236E8E

triadic

#238E79 #79238E #8E7923

tetradic

#238E79 #43238E #8E2338 #6E8E23

square

#238E79 #43238E #8E2338 #6E8E23

split-complementary

#238E79 #8E236E #8E4323

monochromatic

#0B2C25 #175D4F #238E79 #2FBFA3 #56D5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#238E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#238E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E79

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E79	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.099 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b09f',
    500: '#238e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e79;
$custom-light: #70b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.224,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5827,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E79

secondary

#B95367

accent

#4463E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E79

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

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