#238B73#238B73

#238B73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.099 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238B73
RGB	rgb(35, 139, 115)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 17.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, -34.95, 4.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 35.24, 172.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% -0.0986 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.099 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0187, 20.0588, 19.4019)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238B73 #8B233B

analogous

#238B3F #238B73 #236F8B

triadic

#238B73 #73238B #8B7323

tetradic

#238B73 #3F238B #8B233B #6F8B23

square

#238B73 #3F238B #8B233B #6F8B23

split-complementary

#238B73 #8B236F #8B3F23

monochromatic

#0A2922 #175A4B #238B73 #2FBC9B #54D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#238B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#238B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238B73

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238B73	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)

#868272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 139, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.099 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad9b',
    500: '#238b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238b73;
$custom-light: #6fad9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57289,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238B73

secondary

#B85269

accent

#4569E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238B73

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

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