#238E7C#238E7C

#238E7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E7C
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 124)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -33.86, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 33.88, 178.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.0974 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.097 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0024, 21.1569, 22.4106)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E7C #8E2335

analogous

#238E47 #238E7C #236A8E

triadic

#238E7C #7C238E #8E7C23

tetradic

#238E7C #47238E #8E2335 #6A8E23

square

#238E7C #47238E #8E2335 #6A8E23

split-complementary

#238E7C #8E236A #8E4723

monochromatic

#0B2C26 #175D51 #238E7C #2FBFA7 #56D5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#238E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E7C

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E7C	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#88857B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a1',
    500: '#238e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e7c;
$custom-light: #70b0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.907,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58364,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E7C

secondary

#B95365

accent

#445FE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E7C

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

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