#238E7A#238E7A

#238E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.098 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E7A
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 122)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, -34.42, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 34.48, 176.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% -0.0983 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.098 177)
XYZ	xyz(13.8772, 21.1068, 21.7512)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E7A #8E2337

analogous

#238E45 #238E7A #236D8E

triadic

#238E7A #7A238E #8E7A23

tetradic

#238E7A #45238E #8E2337 #6D8E23

square

#238E7A #45238E #8E2337 #6D8E23

split-complementary

#238E7A #8E236D #8E4523

monochromatic

#0B2C26 #175D50 #238E7A #2FBFA4 #56D5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#238E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#238E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E7A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E7A	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	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)

#888579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.098 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a0',
    500: '#238e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e7a;
$custom-light: #70b0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.785,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58301,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.21108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E7A

secondary

#B95366

accent

#4462E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E7A

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

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