#238F72#238F72

#238F72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.105 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238F72
RGB	rgb(35, 143, 114)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 20.3%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -37.00, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 37.65, 169.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.1034 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.105 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5512, 21.2155, 19.2971)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238F72 #8F2340

analogous

#238F3C #238F72 #23768F

triadic

#238F72 #72238F #8F7223

tetradic

#238F72 #3C238F #8F2340 #768F23

square

#238F72 #3C238F #8F2340 #768F23

split-complementary

#238F72 #8F2376 #8F3C23

monochromatic

#0B2D24 #175E4B #238F72 #2FC099 #57D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#238F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#238F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238F72

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238F72	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 143, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.105 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb09a',
    500: '#238f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238f72;
$custom-light: #6fb09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.889,
    "s": 60.674,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58329,
    "c": 0.10488,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238F72

secondary

#BA546F

accent

#446FE4

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #238F72

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

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