#238E7F#238E7F

#238E7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.096 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E7F
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 127)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -33.02, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 33.02, 180.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0959 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.096 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1950, 21.2339, 23.4250)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E7F #8E2332

analogous

#238E4A #238E7F #23678E

triadic

#238E7F #7F238E #8E7F23

tetradic

#238E7F #4A238E #8E2332 #678E23

square

#238E7F #4A238E #8E2332 #678E23

split-complementary

#238E7F #8E2367 #8E4A23

monochromatic

#0B2C27 #175D53 #238E7F #2FBFAB #56D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#238E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#238E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E7F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E7F	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87857E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.096 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afa4',
    500: '#238e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e7f;
$custom-light: #70afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.589,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5846,
    "c": 0.09592,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E7F

secondary

#B95362

accent

#445BE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E7F

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

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