#238C72#238C72

#238C72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.101 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238C72
RGB	rgb(35, 140, 114)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 18.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -35.67, 5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 36.09, 171.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.1002 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.101 172)
XYZ	xyz(13.1069, 20.3268, 19.1490)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238C72 #8C233D

analogous

#238C3E #238C72 #23728C

triadic

#238C72 #72238C #8C7223

tetradic

#238C72 #3E238C #8C233D #728C23

square

#238C72 #3E238C #8C233D #728C23

split-complementary

#238C72 #8C2372 #8C3E23

monochromatic

#0B2A22 #175B4A #238C72 #2FBD9A #55D4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#238C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#238C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238C72

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238C72	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 140, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.101 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae9a',
    500: '#238c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238c72;
$custom-light: #6fae9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57527,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.20328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238C72

secondary

#B8526C

accent

#456CE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238C72

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

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