#238B72#238B72

#238B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.100 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B72
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, -35.22, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 35.58, 171.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% -0.0991 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.1 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.9614, 20.0359, 19.1005)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B72 #8B233C

analogous

#238B3E #238B72 #23708B

triadic

#238B72 #72238B #8B7223

tetradic

#238B72 #3E238B #8B233C #708B23

square

#238B72 #3E238B #8B233C #708B23

split-complementary

#238B72 #8B2370 #8B3E23

monochromatic

#0A2922 #175A4A #238B72 #2FBC9A #54D4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#238B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#238B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B72

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B72	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.100 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9a',
    500: '#238b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b72;
$custom-light: #6fad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.577,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57259,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B72

secondary

#B8526A

accent

#456BE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B72

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

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