#238F7B#238F7B

#238F7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.099 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F7B
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 123)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 14%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -34.60, 2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 34.66, 176.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0989 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.099 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0889, 21.4306, 22.1290)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F7B #8F2337

analogous

#238F45 #238F7B #236D8F

triadic

#238F7B #7B238F #8F7B23

tetradic

#238F7B #45238F #8F2337 #6D8F23

square

#238F7B #45238F #8F2337 #6D8F23

split-complementary

#238F7B #8F236D #8F4523

monochromatic

#0B2D26 #175E51 #238F7B #2FC0A5 #57D6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#238F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#238F7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F7B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F7B	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.099 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a1',
    500: '#238f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f7b;
$custom-light: #70b0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58597,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F7B

secondary

#BA5467

accent

#4462E4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F7B

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

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