#238E7E#238E7E

#238E7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.096 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E7E
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 126)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -33.30, 0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 33.30, 179.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0964 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.096 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.1302, 21.2080, 23.0835)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E7E #8E2333

analogous

#238E49 #238E7E #23698E

triadic

#238E7E #7E238E #8E7E23

tetradic

#238E7E #49238E #8E2333 #698E23

square

#238E7E #49238E #8E2333 #698E23

split-complementary

#238E7E #8E2369 #8E4923

monochromatic

#0B2C27 #175D52 #238E7E #2FBFAA #56D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#238E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E7E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E7E	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.096 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa3',
    500: '#238e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e7e;
$custom-light: #70afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.028,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58428,
    "c": 0.09638,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E7E

secondary

#B95363

accent

#445CE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F3

border

#C8CFCD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E7E

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

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