#238E72#238E72

#238E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.104 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E72
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -36.56, 6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 37.13, 169.96°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.1023 0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.104 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4018, 20.9166, 19.2473)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E72 #8E233F

analogous

#238E3D #238E72 #23758E

triadic

#238E72 #72238E #8E7223

tetradic

#238E72 #3D238E #8E233F #758E23

square

#238E72 #3D238E #8E233F #758E23

split-complementary

#238E72 #8E2375 #8E3D23

monochromatic

#0B2C23 #175D4B #238E72 #2FBF99 #56D5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#238E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#238E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E72

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E72	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.104 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09a',
    500: '#238e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e72;
$custom-light: #6fb09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.299,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58062,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E72

secondary

#B9536E

accent

#446EE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E72

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

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