#238A73#238A73

#238A73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.098 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A73
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, -34.50, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 34.73, 173.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% -0.0976 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.098 174)
XYZ	xyz(12.8745, 19.7706, 19.3539)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A73 #8A233A

analogous

#238A40 #238A73 #236E8A

triadic

#238A73 #73238A #8A7323

tetradic

#238A73 #40238A #8A233A #6E8A23

square

#238A73 #40238A #8A233A #6E8A23

split-complementary

#238A73 #8A236E #8A4023

monochromatic

#0A2822 #17594A #238A73 #2FBB9C #54D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#238A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#238A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A73

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A73	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.098 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead9b',
    500: '#238a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a73;
$custom-light: #6ead9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.602,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57022,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.19772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A73

secondary

#B75168

accent

#4568E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A73

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

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