#238972#238972

#238972 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.098 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238972
RGB	rgb(35, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 16.8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.22, -34.31, 4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.22, 34.56, 173.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% -0.097 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.098 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6745, 19.4621, 19.0049)
Luminance	0.1946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238972 #89233A

analogous

#23893F #238972 #236D89

triadic

#238972 #722389 #897223

tetradic

#238972 #3F2389 #89233A #6D8923

square

#238972 #3F2389 #89233A #6D8923

split-complementary

#238972 #89236D #893F23

monochromatic

#0A2821 #175849 #238972 #2FBA9B #53D3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#238972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#238972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238972

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238972	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.098 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eac9a',
    500: '#238972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238972;
$custom-light: #6eac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.471,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56724,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238972

secondary

#B75168

accent

#4569E2

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238972

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

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