#238F7E#238F7E

#238F7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F7E
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 126)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 11.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -33.76, 0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 33.77, 179.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0974 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.097 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2796, 21.5069, 23.1333)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F7E #8F2334

analogous

#238F48 #238F7E #236A8F

triadic

#238F7E #7E238F #8F7E23

tetradic

#238F7E #48238F #8F2334 #6A8F23

square

#238F7E #48238F #8F2334 #6A8F23

split-complementary

#238F7E #8F236A #8F4823

monochromatic

#0B2D27 #175E53 #238F7E #2FC0A9 #57D6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#238F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#238F7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F7E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F7E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a3',
    500: '#238f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f7e;
$custom-light: #70b0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.556,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58692,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F7E

secondary

#BA5464

accent

#445DE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F3

border

#C8CFCD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F7E

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

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