#238E7B#238E7B

#238E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.098 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E7B
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, -34.14, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 34.18, 177.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0979 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.098 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.9395, 21.1317, 22.0792)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E7B #8E2336

analogous

#238E46 #238E7B #236C8E

triadic

#238E7B #7B238E #8E7B23

tetradic

#238E7B #46238E #8E2336 #6C8E23

square

#238E7B #46238E #8E2336 #6C8E23

split-complementary

#238E7B #8E236C #8E4623

monochromatic

#0B2C26 #175D50 #238E7B #2FBFA6 #56D5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#238E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#238E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E7B

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E7B	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.098 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a1',
    500: '#238e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e7b;
$custom-light: #70b0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.346,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58332,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E7B

secondary

#B95365

accent

#4461E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E7B

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

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