#238E73#238E73

#238E73 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.103 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238E73
RGB	rgb(35, 142, 115)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.4%, 0%, 19%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -36.30, 5.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 36.78, 170.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.1018 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.103 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.4590, 20.9395, 19.5487)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238E73 #8E233E

analogous

#238E3E #238E73 #23748E

triadic

#238E73 #73238E #8E7323

tetradic

#238E73 #3E238E #8E233E #748E23

square

#238E73 #3E238E #8E233E #748E23

split-complementary

#238E73 #8E2374 #8E3E23

monochromatic

#0B2C23 #175D4B #238E73 #2FBF9B #56D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#238E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#238E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238E73

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238E73	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 142, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.103 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09b',
    500: '#238e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238e73;
$custom-light: #6fb09b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.86,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58091,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238E73

secondary

#B9536D

accent

#446CE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238E73

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

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