#238F79#238F79

#238F79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.100 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F79
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 15.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -35.15, 3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 35.29, 174.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.0999 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.1 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9650, 21.3811, 21.4764)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F79 #8F2339

analogous

#238F43 #238F79 #236F8F

triadic

#238F79 #79238F #8F7923

tetradic

#238F79 #43238F #8F2339 #6F8F23

square

#238F79 #43238F #8F2339 #6F8F23

split-complementary

#238F79 #8F236F #8F4323

monochromatic

#0B2D26 #175E4F #238F79 #2FC0A3 #57D6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#238F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#238F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F79

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F79	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009188

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.100 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b09f',
    500: '#238f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f79;
$custom-light: #70b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58536,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F79

secondary

#BA5469

accent

#4465E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F79

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

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