#238959#238959

#238959 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.118 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238959
RGB	rgb(35, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(152, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(152, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 35%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, -40.41, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 44.12, 156.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% -0.1096 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.118 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4408, 18.9686, 12.5076)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238959 #892353

analogous

#238926 #238959 #238689

triadic

#238959 #592389 #895923

tetradic

#238959 #262389 #892353 #868923

square

#238959 #262389 #892353 #868923

split-complementary

#238959 #892386 #892623

monochromatic

#0A281A #175839 #238959 #2FBA79 #53D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#238959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#238959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238959

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238959	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B755C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.118 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dac88',
    500: '#238959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238959;
$custom-light: #6dac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.765,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56065,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238959

secondary

#B75181

accent

#458FE2

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #238959

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

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