#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
RGBrgb(35, 137, 89)
HSLhsl(152, 59%, 34%)
HSVhsv(152, 74%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(74.5%, 0%, 35%, 46.3%)
CIE-LABlab(50.65, -40.41, 17.69)
CIE-LCHlch(50.65, 44.12, 156.36°)
OKLaboklab(56.07% -0.1096 0.0446)
OKLCHoklch(56.07% 0.118 157.9)
XYZxyz(11.4408, 18.9686, 12.5076)
Luminance0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##2389591.004.384.794.79
#FFFFFF4.381.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7921.001.001.00
##0000004.7921.001.001.00

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

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#238959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva