#238D72#238D72

#238D72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.102 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238D72
RGB	rgb(35, 141, 114)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 19.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -36.11, 6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 36.61, 170.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.1013 0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.102 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.2537, 20.6204, 19.1980)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238D72 #8D233E

analogous

#238D3D #238D72 #23738D

triadic

#238D72 #72238D #8D7223

tetradic

#238D72 #3D238D #8D233E #738D23

square

#238D72 #3D238D #8D233E #738D23

split-complementary

#238D72 #8D2373 #8D3D23

monochromatic

#0B2B23 #175C4A #238D72 #2FBE9A #55D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#238D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#238D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238D72

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238D72	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 141, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.102 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faf9a',
    500: '#238d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238d72;
$custom-light: #6faf9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.717,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57794,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238D72

secondary

#B9536D

accent

#446DE3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238D72

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

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