#238F7F#238F7F

#238F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F7F
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 127)
HSL	hsl(171, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 11.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -33.48, -0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 33.48, 180.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0969 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.097 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.3445, 21.5328, 23.4748)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F7F #8F2333

analogous

#238F49 #238F7F #23698F

triadic

#238F7F #7F238F #8F7F23

tetradic

#238F7F #49238F #8F2333 #698F23

square

#238F7F #49238F #8F2333 #698F23

split-complementary

#238F7F #8F2369 #8F4923

monochromatic

#0B2D28 #175E53 #238F7F #2FC0AB #57D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#238F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#238F7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F7F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F7F	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89867E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0a4',
    500: '#238f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f7f;
$custom-light: #70b0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58724,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F7F

secondary

#BA5463

accent

#445CE4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F7F

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

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