#238A66#238A66

#238A66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.108 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#238A66
RGB	rgb(35, 138, 102)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.6%, 0%, 26.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, -37.84, 11.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 39.43, 163.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% -0.1041 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.108 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1785, 19.4922, 15.6883)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#238A66 #8A2347

analogous

#238A33 #238A66 #237B8A

triadic

#238A66 #66238A #8A6623

tetradic

#238A66 #33238A #8A2347 #7B8A23

square

#238A66 #33238A #8A2347 #7B8A23

split-complementary

#238A66 #8A237B #8A3323

monochromatic

#0A281E #175942 #238A66 #2FBB8A #54D4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#238A66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#238A66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #238A66

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##238A66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##238A66	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878064

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #238a66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 138, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.108 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ead91',
    500: '#238a66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #238a66;
$custom-light: #6ead91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#238a66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.029,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56655,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#238A66

secondary

#B75175

accent

#457CE3

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #238A66

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

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